How to get PHP scripts working in HTML files

- May 28, 2014

You can't run PHP in .html files because the server does not recognize that as a valid PHP extension unless you tell it to. To do this First, create a blank text file and name it ".htaccess" file in your root web directory and add this line to it:

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

This will tell Apache to process files with an .htm or .html file extension as PHP files.Next, open the file with a simple text editor like the "vi Editor" and Paste the following line into the file

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

If this does not work, please remove the line above from your file and paste this alternative line into it, for PHP5:

AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .html .htm

Now Create a file named hellotest.html and put it in your web server's root directory (DOCUMENT_ROOT) with the following content:

Example #1 our first PHP script: hellotest.html

<html>

<head>

<title>PHP Test</title>

</head>

<body>

<?php echo '<p>Hello World</p>'; ?>

</body>

</html>

Try to open the file in your browser by typing in: http://www.your-domain.com/hellotest.html

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