PHP includes problem...

Hi-

I am running a local server on Windows 2000 for testing...In a .html file I have:

<?php include "nav.inc"; ?>

I want this include to be parsed within the .html file.

-->In httpd.conf I added .html to the addtype line, nothing happens still. What could be going wrong here?

I changed the httpd.conf file as follows,

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php4 .php .htm .php3 .inc

to:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php4 .php .htm .php3 .inc .html

-->Any help would be greatly appreciated,
M

Have you restarted the apache server since making the change?

Anytime you put any PHP code inside a file, the file needs the extension .php. Change .html to .php and it will work, considering your server is configured properly.

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Anytime you put any PHP code inside a file, the file needs the extension .php. Change .html to .php and it will work, considering your server is configured properly.
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thats wrong, if you read the post correctly, he/she said

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php4 .php .htm .php3 .inc .html

meaning that any html files loaded will be parsed by php before being sent out.

thats why sites like ign.com have .html extensions on their site, but are dynamically driven.

Anonymous,
try this on its own line?

add AddType application/x-httpd- .html

if not try chaning it to .php, if that works, it means that your httpd.conf isnt registering the .html extension. also if you change your httpd.conf make sure you restart apache, otherwise it will be treated as a normal html file

Good point!

However by adding .htm .html to the directive, wouldn't that require extra processing by the web server even if it was a static .htm/.html file? Which would mean that you pages wouldn't be served as promptly.

Any thought?

Yeah adding html files to the directive will definately increase processing as everything will go through the PHP parser....

Awesome, thank you for all your help you guys! I thought everything would happen in real time so I didn't think to restart Apache. I'm signed on now as WhattheF --> Thanks again.

Matt