changing .php to .html without htaccess

[horsetags]

Hi
I am using the htaccess method with a rewrite rule -
[code]
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.htm$ $1.php?%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.html$ $1.php?%{QUERY_STRING} [NC][/code]


at the moment, but saw somewhere a quote of a way that is supposedly better, but cannot get any info on it, searching the net.

This is the bit of text someone sent me in an email, but then didn't explain themselves (it's a long story)

[color=blue]just use an application statement and push all .html through the php engine then .html files work in php
[/color]

If anyone can point me to a place where i can read up about it (i'm no php programmer though, but i am learning to understand scripts, so can follow a tutorial pretty well)

Thanks

Paul

[ShogunWarrior]

In a .htacces file:
[code]
AddType application/x-httpd-php .html .htm
[/code]

[horsetags]

Thanks,

i will read up about it (and use it!) now i know what it is.

So much i don't know..............

Thanks again