Rookie question for php to html

[joomwookie]

Hi,

 

Just doing the basics here - using php includes inside my html files.  Everything there is working 'ok' and here is an include format that i'm using.

 

 <?php include ("mainnav.php");?>

 

I'm saving my files as .html files do the fact i have several html files already on the site and their indexed.  So, I'm trying to convince the server to parse the html file properly with php inside it.

 

I've tried the .htaccess file by adding this:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .html .htm

 

So far, my browsers(FF and IE8) are trying to open the web pages as script pages via download.

 

What am i doing wrong?

 

Thanks for any assistance.

 

Ryan

 

[oni-kun]

Try this. Put this in your HTACCESS document:

AddType x-httpd-php .php .html .htm

 

Clear caches of ALL browsers, make sure you restart each one of them after clearing the cache, and it should work.

 

If it doesn't, What does the downloaded script contain? Your code or is it blank? Try running phpinfo() for any problematic settings.

[monkeytooth]

Essentially the idea is correct, but the concept backwards. You save the files as php, so the server knows how to handle them correctly, and tell .htaccess to serve the php file as if it were an html file.

You should look into using .htaccess for rewrite rules and not adding file types.

 

AddType application/x-httpd-php .html .htm

 

I think it should be more like

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php .html .htm 

 

Alternatively you can go with the rewrite concept I mentioned and get html files to parse like php files. And just get the best of both worlds 

RewriteEngine on 
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html $1\.php

 

 

[oni-kun]

RewriteEngine on 
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html $1\.php

 

No,

<FilesMatch "\.(htm|html|php)$">
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch> 

[joomwookie]

@ monkeytooth - you're right on with what i'm trying to accomplish.  Serving PHP files as HTML files is exactly what i want to have happen.  What about testing on server side?  Do i just load up a test.php file and then try typing in test.html to see if it will serve file?  I like the rewrite idea as well.  Probably would eliminate the server trying to guess what i'm trying to accomplish.

 

Ryan.

[joomwookie]

you want me to use that 2nd code set?

 

Ryan.

[joomwookie]

oni-kun - what are you saying?  Is the 1st mentioned way not correct?

 

Ryan

[oni-kun]

Mod_rewrite should not handle what mod_mime is supposed to do.

[joomwookie]

ok, so modrewrite worked like a charm, but your last method did not work oni. 

 

I loaded a php file to the server (index.php) - then i typed in index.html and the page was served.

 

Seems right to me - would you agree?

 

Ryan.

[oni-kun]

All depends on how your server is set up, Adding a handler would show the master ini file was not set up properly with PHP, such as a stale upgrade.