How do I set apache to process all .html files like .php3 files?

[ElgisRamon]

Hello,I saw somewhere I can set apache server to process all .html files like they were PHP3 files... say, run <? program ?> in any .html file...How I do that?Thanks in advance...

 

[AndyBo]

Do you have the directives for php3 files set up in your Apache configuration file?  If you do, why not just rename all your .html files so that they have a .php3 extension?

 

[ElgisRamon]

Thaks, but I'm a newbie using <b>apache</b>, I'm a <b>OS/2</b> and <b>BeOS</b> user (but still very very <b>AIX/Unix</b> proficient), I've used other web servers at other platforms.How I do everything you're saying?What I have to edit in <b>/etc/apache/httpd.conf</b>?You can tell me the technical details, I'm a OS/2, Windows NT and AIX/Unix instructor/trainer...<font color=red>Many thanks in advance</font>

 

[AndyBo]

OK - first thing you need to do is take a look at the Apache documentation that should be available online.&nbsp;&nbsp;Take a look at the &quot;AddHandler&quot; directive.&nbsp;&nbsp;If memory serves, you need to add a &quot;AddHandler&quot; line to the httpd.conf file for &quot;.php3&quot; files.&nbsp;&nbsp;(If you're lucky, this may have already been entered for you if you're using Linux and added PHP as a RPM or similar.)<br><br>Then head over to the PHP documentation and inwardly digest everything you can about how to install it.&nbsp;&nbsp;Make sure your httpd.conf is set up as detailed in the PHP docs.<br><br>Once this is all set up, you should be able to start processing PHP3 files.<br><br>Sorry if this is a bit vague, but I think you'll gain more if you have a read through the PHP docs before heading off to set things up &nbsp;&nbsp;If you're still stuck, post back and I'll dig out the configuration details for PHP and post them here <br><br>HTH.

 

[ElgisRamon]

I know that... and done that, put I want to process the standard .html files like these files were .php or php3<b>Many thanks in advance</b>PS: I'm in a hurry, and developing and <i>testing</i> code...

 

[AndyBo]

So, if you name a file with a &quot;.php&quot; extension, it gets processed OK?&nbsp;&nbsp;If that's the case, why not just change the &quot;.html&quot; extension on the HTML files to be &quot;.php&quot;?<br><br>In fact, looking back at your original question, if a file contains PHP code, then it should have the .php extension, I think.&nbsp;&nbsp;Then you know it's going to work.<br><br>After all, if you're writing a C program, you put &quot;.c&quot; on the end.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you're writing C++, you use &quot;.cc&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm confused as to why you'd need to parse *all* &quot;.html&quot; files as if they were &quot;.php&quot; when the &quot;.php&quot; extension is (presumably) working OK.&nbsp;&nbsp;One thing to consider is that if you are going to parse <b>every</b> html page as PHP then you will be doing a *lot* of extra processing that is just not required.<br><br>If you really have to name all you html files with &quot;php&quot; extensions, then I think you need to take a look in the &quot;http.conf&quot; file.&nbsp;&nbsp;Take a copy of it as it is now (in case of problems).&nbsp;&nbsp;Look through it for the &quot;php&quot; settings and duplicate them, replacing &quot;php&quot; or &quot;php3&quot; with &quot;html&quot; as appropriate.&nbsp;&nbsp;Restart the Apache server and then give it a try.

 

[ElgisRamon]

Thanks, I'll try...I'm just counting the accesses to the pages, and is a very dynamic site what I'm building, it's a site for a financial business, and they are showing the US$ to local money conversion rates, bonus, and many financial papers prices here and there... that's the reaso I want to process all HTML files like they were PHP files....Bye.

 

[AndyBo]

Ah - if you just want to count page accesses, why not parse your access logs once a day, and keep a running total?&nbsp;&nbsp;That should be a lot quicker in the long run than processing every html page on the site.

 

[rycamor]

The answer is simple-- in httpd.conf, do a search for the lines that have .php in them.<br><br>There are two places:<br><br>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php index.php3 index.phtml<br><br>(This line sets whatever files you want to be considered as indexes in a directory. You will not need to change this line, unless you want more index choices)<br><br>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>or (if you are using PHP4)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;AddType application/x-httpd-php .php<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>(In this line you can make as many extensions as you want to parsed as PHP. Just add them to the end--you could even make up extensions -- like .foo, .qwerty or whatever)&nbsp;&nbsp;Change to:<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .html<br><br>That one line change will do it. (also, make sure the line you are changing is not commented out with a '#' at the front)<br><br>Then restart Apache and check it out.

 

[ElgisRamon]

Thanks for all your help folks!Before reading the last two posts I changed the PHP extension in <b>/etc/apache/httpd.conf</b> to <b>.html</b> and it worked!...One additional reason to use .html and not .php: I'm adding code to&nbsp;&nbsp;pages designed by a Web designers group, and with JavaScript, and I don't want to touch any pages, only my code-only areas.Thanks, many thanks