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PHP

Posted by Sharon Jeter
Sharon Jeter
9,965 Points

When have .html file extension php will not run, change to .php file extension and html will not run

I have a web server installed using xampp on my hard drive. When I include any php code, i.e. <?php echo "text"; ?>, in my .html file, the php will not run. If I change the extension to .php, the php will run but the html will not run. Any suggestions in how I can get both to work?

3 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

You simply can't run any PHP in an html file.

You can run HTML in a php file. You can't run HTML inside of a PHP block in a PHP file.

What does the contents of this file look like exactly?

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

You can't run php in a file that has a html extension.

<? is a shortcut, that as I understand it is not fully supported by some versions of php. Try using <?php sometimes when php errors it won't do anything but return a white blank page.

But you do have to resave this file with that php extension.

Sharon Jeter
Sharon Jeter
9,965 Points
Sharon Jeter
Sharon Jeter
9,965 Points

Here's an example, The file is named index.html and the php in the title does not execute.

<html> <head> <title><? echo "PC Tutor";?></title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald:400,700" type="text/css"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico"> </head> <body>

        <ul>
            <li>Shirts</li>
            <li>Contact</li>
            <li>Shopping Cart</li>
        </ul>

</body> </html>