How to run PHP from HTML page?

[loyalrogue]

Hi All,

OZ posted a thread in the General section of FAQ's regarding this subject: http://forums.dathorn.com/showthread.php?t=251

I have tried adding the line of code he gave to my .htaccess file thru cpanel using the file manager.
"AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .html .shtml"

It saves fine but when I try to access my site afterwards I get an "Internal Server Error".

Does anyone have a suggestion about what could be the problem?
Oz? You there?

Thanks in advance for any insights.

[loyalrogue]

I finally got it to work.
Apparently you can't just stick that code anywhere in the htaccess file.
I had to paste it into different lines untill I got it to work.

**Edit

The actual line to add to the htaccess file is:

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

I originally added it to the end of the file with no success.
It worked fine after I moved it to the "head" of the file as in the example below.

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php .html .htm

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName [url]www.mydomain.com[/url]
AuthUserFile /home/myusername/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/myusername/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp

[-Oz-]

If you want to post the exact .htaccess file in a [.CODE] box that'd probably help quite a few people

[Jim]

I'm having the same problem and the only line in .htaccess is

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

I'm either getting a 500 error, or the html file is being downloaded as a file instead of displayed.

I've read that any file that you want to be processed by PHP must end in the .php extension after phpsuexec. Is this correct?

[bjacobs]

In my public_html folder, in the .htaccess file, this is what I have added to make htm, html pages to be able to run php scripts:

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

And it has worked fine since I put it in.

[-Oz-]

You may want to manually make the file rather than doing it through cpanel and make sure its in the public_html dir and not anywhere else (such as in folders for subdomains).

[AndrewT]

In my public_html folder, in the .htaccess file, this is what I have added to make htm, html pages to be able to run php scripts:

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

And it has worked fine since I put it in.

What server are you on? That should not be working, it should create 500 errors.

[Jim]

What server are you on? That should not be working, it should create 500 errors.

So am I correct that this can't be done with phpsuexec installed?

[AndrewT]

So am I correct that this can't be done with phpsuexec installed?

That is correct. You *might* be able to do something with mod_rewrite to make it workable, but I doubt it.

[bjacobs]

What server are you on? That should not be working, it should create 500 errors.

I'm on 14.

[AndrewT]

Well, I now stand corrected. Using the AddHandler command should work just fine, it's the AddType command that will result in a 500 error.

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php .shtml .html .htm

[Jim]

Thanks for that bjacobs & Andrew. I just tried it and it works fine. Sure beats renaming all my files to .php

[bjacobs]

Yes, I want to thank Andrew for his very quick response!

[loyalrogue]

If you want to post the exact .htaccess file in a [.CODE] box that'd probably help quite a few people

Ooops. I guess I don't have email notification turned on.
I didn't realize this thread had replies.
Oh well, better late than never, right?
The actual line to add to the htaccess file is:

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

I originally added it to the end of the file with no success.
It worked fine after I moved it to the "head" of the file as in the example below.

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php .html .htm

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName [url]www.mydomain.com[/url]
AuthUserFile /home/myusername/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/myusername/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp

Thank you to all for the help.
Dathorn rocks!

[xdhirax]

Originally Posted by Jim
So am I correct that this can't be done with phpsuexec installed?

That is correct. You *might* be able to do something with mod_rewrite to make it workable, but I doubt it.

I have phpsuexec on my server (another host) and that line doesnt work at all.
Is there a suggestion that might work with phpsuexec installed? Such as the mod rewrite that was suggested perhaps?