php on a html page

Bonzo · #1 (**permalink**) 01-30-04, 10:59 AM

This is daft question but I dont know why it wont work :

I am doing a bit of a site redesign and am creating a html page using css for the page layout etc.

I want to include a bit of php in one of the divisons but am having a problem as nothing seems to work.

I have tried <?php ?>, <? ?> and <% %>.

Can anyone point me in the right direction please.

Anthony

P.S. Not just this time, it happened before and I just used php for the whole page.

<?Wille?> · #2 (**permalink**) 01-30-04, 11:04 AM

I dont know where on the page and how.. but:

you can use atleast <?php ?> and <? ?> .. every page that has the least php in it must be saved with a php extension (.php .php3 etc.).

good luck
Wille

Bonzo · #3 (**permalink**) 01-30-04, 11:20 AM

Right I have save the file as "main.html" which you are saying is the problem Willie ?

The top of the page withe the php bit below.

Anthony

<html>
<head>
<title>main page</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="layout.css">
</head>
<body>

<div id="nav">

<?php
echo "test";
?>

</div>

Bonzo · #4 (**permalink**) 01-30-04, 11:27 AM

Call the page main.php not main.html and carry on as before ?

Just out of interest how do search engins deal with .php pages instead of .htm or .html ?

Anthony

NeverMind · #5 (**permalink**) 01-30-04, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Just out of interest how do search engins deal with .php pages instead of .htm or .html ?

just like any ASCII file

and yes, you need to rename your files extensions to .php and carry on ..
all you need when you want to use php is to open its tags first ..

Bonzo · #6 (**permalink**) 01-30-04, 06:21 PM

Thnks Wille & NeverMind; I will give that a go.

Anthony

whl626 · #7 (**permalink**) 01-31-04, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bonzo

Thnks Wille & NeverMind; I will give that a go.

Anthony

Someone just taught me a way to save a file as .html with php script in it. Using the .htaccess file and save this line into it.

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .htm .html .phtml

NeverMind · #8 (**permalink**) 01-31-04, 08:49 AM

true, but this is an advanced way to do it ..

dirtydevil · #9 (**permalink**) 02-06-04, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Someone just taught me a way to save a file as .html with php script in it. Using the .htaccess file and save this line into it.

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .htm .html .phtml

If you do this it means that all .php .php3 .htm .html .phtml files will be parsed by PHP. This can put extra strain on the web server (Slowing respons times on loaded servers) so it is better to seperate the files into .html and .php

tltran · #10 (**permalink**) 02-06-04, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dirtydevil

If you do this it means that all .php .php3 .htm .html .phtml files will be parsed by PHP. This can put extra strain on the web server (Slowing respons times on loaded servers) so it is better to seperate the files into .html and .php

Actually you can call your file with every extension you want.

and you just have to put your extension into the list that it.

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .htm .html .phtml .zoro .php500 or whatever you want.