using htaccess to allow html pages to be parsed as php - I cannot get it to work !

[jonwade]

Hello,

I am planning to rebuild my website with header.htm, foot.htm, menu.htm files etc and using php includes within my exisiting .html files. I have been informed that php can be parsed my html pages as php by adding a rule to the .htaccess file, and have found several codes to use, but so far have been unable to get any of them to work. They either result in a request to download and save pages rather than show in the browser, or they do nothing.

The codes I have tried are:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm .html
-- results in attempted download

RemoveHandler .html .htm
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .html
- results in attempted download

AddType x-httpd-php .php .htm .html
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .html
-- prevents php being read in php file (e.g. http://www.tranquillizer.co.uk/suppl...ey-protein.php)
and does nothing for .html file (e.g. http://www.tranquillizer.co.uk/phptest.html)

AddType x-mapp-php4 .html .htm (suggested by web host)
results in some pages as Error 404 not found (pages for which the link has no extension I think)


My server is with 1and1, and so far they have not given a response to my problem. As a last resord I will have to rename all pages as .php and set up permanent redirects, but I have been informed that this may affect page ranking etc.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I do not have access to the Apache config files with my webhost.

If you are with 1and1 and have done this, please let me know !

Thanks,

Jon.

[vladimir_cz]

You can use mod rewrite for silently call .php files when .htm file requested.

[hans51]

if you still have that problem open until now
i was hosted at 1and1.com until october 2006 and had it all successfully running until 1and1 ran out of resources and i moved to root server

i checked one of my old backups for u and found my entries in .htaccess

AddType x-mapp-php4 .html .htm .shtml
removeHandler server-parsed shtml


if u have php5 then you have to change first lien above accordingly

good luck

[karthikeyanr23]

Hi jonwade,

You want apache to parse html as php right? This can be set by putting the following code in ".htaccess"

1. edit .htaccess file

2. AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php .html

This will do the trick.

If you want more extension to be parsed as php you can add as much

eg:

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml .html .htm .shtml .cgi .pl .asp .dll


Regards,
Karthikeyan.R

[weesel]

Originally Posted by hans51

if you still have that problem open until now
i was hosted at 1and1.com until october 2006 and had it all successfully running until 1and1 ran out of resources and i moved to root server

i checked one of my old backups for u and found my entries in .htaccess

AddType x-mapp-php4 .html .htm .shtml
removeHandler server-parsed shtml


if u have php5 then you have to change first lien above accordingly

good luck

I found this page thru google, looking for better info about the "application/x-httpd-php" type found on other sites, but I couldn't make it work. The above lines worked perfectly on my shared server at 1and1. Thanks hans51!

[GardenSimply]

Vladimir,

How would one do what you suggested?

I have a bit of a different problem, but somewhat the same, LOL

I have a site I am changing over from ssi to php I would like to keep the .shtml file name as they are indexed well. When I place

Addhandler application/x-httpd-php .html .php .shtml

in .htaccess, php is of course parsed just fine. The problem is that the pages that still use ssi are not functioning. I don't have time to get all the pages done at once, it is a process that is going to take a few weeks.

IF I add the .shtml to the list above, it won't put the ssi in, but if I leave it out, it will not parse the php on the .shtml pages that are updated with php includes.

Is there any way to get the .shtml pages to provide the server side includes OR the php includes while using the .shtml extension?

You can see it at Sustainable organic gardening for food.

The site is hosted running php5.2.4 and Apache 1.3.39