[ZeoFateX]

Is it at all possible to use PHP in a .html page. My server uses PHP,MySQL, etc but I built one website completely in HTML. I want to use a small php script inside the HTML page without having to convert the whole page to PHP. Is this possible (even with javascript or some other language usable by HTML?). Or if someone can help me out with a script that calls HTML FORMATTED text from a text file located on the server.

Thanks,

Zeo

[mdhall]

Simpler than you think. Just change the extention on your page from .html to .shtml

.shtml will allow php scripts to be included, and displays the same as the html version.

Thats it.

[ZeoFateX]

Originally Posted by mdhall

Simpler than you think. Just change the extention on your page from .html to .shtml

.shtml will allow php scripts to be included, and displays the same as the html version.

Thats it.

Doesn't seem to be working.

<?php
function ReadFromFile () {
$TheFile = "scroller.txt";
$Open = fopen ($TheFile, "r");
if ($Open) {
$Data = file ($TheFile);
for ($n = 0; $n < count($Data); $n++) {
$GetLine = explode("\t", $Data[$n]);
print ("$GetLine[0]<BR> \n$GetLine[1]<P>\n");
}
fclose ($Open);
print ("<HR><P>\n");
} else {
print ("Unable to read from scroller.txt!<BR>\n");
}
}
ReadFromFile()
?>

On the page it outputs:

\n$GetLine[1]

\n"); } fclose($Open);
print ("

\n"); } else
{ print
("Unable to read from scroller.txt!\n"); }
}
ReadFromFile()

[mdhall]

Did you try it as a virtual include?

<!--#include virtual="foldername/scriptname.php-->

For example, if I'm adding a "visitors online" php script names "visitors.php" to an shtml page, and the script is in a folder called "online", I would use this...

<!--#include virtual="online/visitors.php"-->

See if that helps.

[cl0]

1. add a semicolon after you call the function, so the line should read
ReadFromFile();

2. your server doesn't seem to be configured to use the .shtml-extension. instead, use ".php" for your php-scripts

[ZeoFateX]

for the #include, inside the php script or inside the header? cl0 the whole point is that I didn't have to convert my website to php, I have php on my server, but this is a small script... for something that I don't even *really* need.

Edit:

Nice, I fooled around with the #include thing for a bit and figured it out. It works like a charm. Thanks ^.^.

[mdhall]

I should have specified to put the <--include--> into your shtml page where you want it to display...not the header.

[YourPHPPro]

Originally Posted by ZeoFateX

Is it at all possible to use PHP in a .html page. My server uses PHP,MySQL, etc but I built one website completely in HTML.

The easiest way would be to edit the configuration file for the webserver (example is for apache) and add:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml .php4 .php3 .html .htm

The second easiest way would be to edit the directory configuration file (.htaccess for apache) and add:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml .php4 .php3 .html .htm

[php4]

Hi

replace your html files extensions to php.

[ZeoFateX]

That's not what I was looking to do. I already have this figured out thanks to mdhall. What I was trying to do was just put a small php script inside my html page without having to change the whole page to php. Thanks for the reply though.