PHP code in HTML

Post by **cah** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:35 pm

I was trying to test a simple HTML with PHP code in it but it just didn't work.

I had a test.html:

<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<ul>
<?php for($i=1;$i<=5;$i++){ ?>
<li>Menu Item <?php echo $i; ?></li>
<?php } ?>
</ul>
</body>
</html>

It showed me:

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. Menu Item

with the following html source code:

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<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<ul>
<?php for($i=1;$i<=5;$i++){ ?>
<li>Menu Item <?php echo $i; ?></li>
<?php } ?>
</ul>
</body>
</html>

After searching for some time, I found a post saying I need to change the file's extension from html to php.
I changed the extension and it worked!

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. Menu Item 1
. Menu Item 2
. Menu Item 3
. Menu Item 4
. Menu Item 5

with the html source code:

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<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<ul>
<li>Menu Item 1</li>
<li>Menu Item 2</li>
<li>Menu Item 3</li>
<li>Menu Item 4</li>
<li>Menu Item 5</li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>

The other suggestion to be made in httpd.conf is add .html to the following config:

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

I tested it and it worked too.

I am just a little concerned about all html pages being rendere/processed that could cause some delay.

It is good to know both work.