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[nycphp-talk] web page file extensions

Brian Preston-Campbell brian at preston-campbell.com
Wed Apr 28 10:57:39 EDT 2004


Test an .htaccess file with the following:

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

Depending upon the server configuration, it may allow you to parse .htm and 
.html files as .php

Brian

On Wednesday 28 April 2004 10:52 am, Aaron Fischer wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I'm starting to work on a project for a new client and am in the
> process of familiarizing myself with their site.  They are being hosted
> by verio.net with PHP and MySQL support.  I ran a php_info script and
> to my surprise got nothing back.  After a few emails back and forth
> with their support team, I found out that in order for php to be
> executed the file extension needs to be .php, .xml, or .shtml.  I am
> used to a server environment where I can have pages ending with .html
> and the php code is still executed just fine.
>
> So, my question is, is this fairly normal to be constrained to those
> file types in order to have php be executed?  It seems inconvenient and
> unnecessary, IMO, but I don't have enough experience with different
> server environments to feel qualified to make this judgment.
>
> Overall, I feel like my client could be getting the same services they
> are paying for now for a much cheaper price from alternative hosts.
>
> Any feedback is quite welcome.
>
> TIA,
>
> -Aaron
>
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