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7. If you have access to an .htaccess file or your httpd.conf file:

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 04:43 PM

Dec 2011

You can add something like this:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .shtml

Basically, you can indeed execute PHP code in just about any filetype if you specify it.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1581765/can-we-include-php-file-in-html-file
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1672391/html-php-do-i-need-to-change-the-extension-of-html-file

or you could just have your PHP script spit out a .shtml (.inc) file and include that in your index.shtml file.

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Do PHP files need a certain extension, like .php? [View all] DaveJ Dec 2011 OP

Yes. tabatha Dec 2011 #1

I'll try it DaveJ Dec 2011 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Feb 2012 #13

I think shtml is all about includes SirRevolutionary Dec 2011 #2

Great link, thanks. DaveJ Dec 2011 #4

That explains the ambiguity DaveJ Dec 2011 #6

If you have access to an .htaccess file or your httpd.conf file: tranche Dec 2011 #7

<-- what tranche said. Makes sense SirRevolutionary Dec 2011 #8

The .htaccess solution is probably easiest and most elegant. nt greyl Dec 2011 #9

Ok, got it working using the last method DaveJ Dec 2011 #10

A web page I wrote/edited on this a few years back: boppers Dec 2011 #12