PHP within HTML pages

Tricky · 09-08-2004, 21:50

Might be a daft question?:

Can I have a .htm or .html page with embedded php code?
I am currently trying to test this with some very basic code:

PHP Code:


			
<body>

<? echo("Hello"); ?>

</body>

This results in nothing on screen saved as a .htm or html but works on a .PHP save - this is on my own server but also on www.i-websolutions.co.uk

Either that or can someone confirm that .php pages will be indexed by search engines/robots/etc. including the follow links

Bifta · 09-08-2004, 22:01

PHP code will only run if the file suffix indicates it's a PHP file, the same rule for SHTML and SSI. PHP files do however get indexed by search engines, certainly google indexes them.

Tricky · 09-08-2004, 22:04

Cheers m8 - I'll stop pulling php.ini and httpd.conf in pieces now!
It was the indexing that I was bothered about - I am assuming that META tags in PHP files will be referenced in the same manner?

Bifta · 09-08-2004, 22:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tricky

Cheers m8 - I'll stop pulling php.ini and httpd.conf in pieces now!
It was the indexing that I was bothered about - I am assuming that META tags in PHP files will be referenced in the same manner?

Yeah, there's no reason why they wouldn't be, the spider/engine will just read whatever client side code it can get at.

Richard M · 09-08-2004, 23:17

Actually all you need to do is put this in a .htaccess file and upload it to the root of your public webspace:

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

Tricky · 10-08-2004, 10:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard M

Actually all you need to do is put this in a .htaccess file and upload it to the root of your public webspace:

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

Worked a treat - Excellent one m8