How do I add PHP code/file to HTML(.html) files?

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Hoon picture Hoon · Jul 3, 2012 · Viewed 321.7k times · Source

I can't use PHP in my HTML pages. For example, index.html. I've tried using both:

<? contents ?>

and 

<?php contents ?>

Neither of these work. My server offers PHP, and when I use a the .php extension, it works properly. Is this a problem or do I have to change the preferences in php.ini?

Answer

John Conde picture John Conde · Jul 3, 2012

You can't run PHP in .html files because the server does not recognize that as a valid PHP extension unless you tell it to. To do this you need to create a .htaccess file in your root web directory and add this line to it:

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

This will tell Apache to process files with a .htm or .html file extension as PHP files.

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