INCLUDE won't work :-(

[phppup]

 

I am having trouble using INCLUDE in my HTML.  I know I've used it before, so I don't understand where my problem is coming from.

 

I created a simple HTML file named ok.htm, it has ONE line that says HI.

 

For testing, I actually added a second line for it to INCLUDE ITSELF: 

<!--#include virtual="ok.htm" -->

 

It didn't work in itself, or any other HTML pages.

 

What am I doing wrong on my local machine?

[Proletarian]

Is your localhost server set up for server side includes?

[phppup]

Not sure.

 

SO you're saying this ONLY works on the server that I maintain the website on? 

And the machine in my bedroom probably won't recognize it?

[phppup]

OK, so I tried to get the html to INCLUDE on my server, and it didn't work either.

 

Now what?

[Drummin]

Will this display on your page.

<?php echo "Hello, I have php enabled on my site."; ?> 

[Proletarian]

Not sure.

 

SO you're saying this ONLY works on the server that I maintain the website on? 

And the machine in my bedroom probably won't recognize it?

 

Whichever server you are using, remove or local, is that server set up for server-side includes? I ask this question because the method you are using is a server-side include method and in order for it to work relies on the server being set up for it.

[phppup]

Hey Drummin.  Nope, it won't work.

 

I've concluded that the server will NOT run PHP in an HTML file.

(i believe this is one of the reasons I got roped into learning full blown PHP in the first place... LOL)

 

It appears INCLUDES are also suspect.  Although I've seen some articles that blame IntExplorer too.

 

I suppose I'll survive with just PHP files (but I'd have liked to see them as HTML at home, where my PC isn't running PHP.)