: Using PHP inside .html files not working as expected Apache2, Linux, php5 I have added this line to my .htaccess file AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .htm .html running apace2ctl -m, shows this

@Rambettina238

It's usually better to just use a php file instead of an html file for what you're trying to do. However, if you absolutely need it to be an html document, you can use an .htaccess file placed in the root of your site containing this:

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


Instead of

AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .htm .html

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@Fox8124981

My apache installation has a php5.conf file I added this to it.

<FilesMatch ".+.html$">
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>


In my .htaccess file I also changed

AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .html


to

AddType application/x-httpd-php .html


Scott

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@Jamie184

<!--?php echo "It works!"; ?-->


This is what you see when you analyse the element using the browsers Object Inspector ie. the interpreted source. This is not the HTML source as sent from the server (ie. "view source").

Basically, your HTML pages are not being processed by PHP. You probably need to check with your host as to the correct directive to use. You may need to use AddHandler instead, or drop the 5, or something else. (That is if your host permits these directives in .htaccess?)

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