Php code in HTML file is not executed

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Hi,

I have installed an Apache server (version 2.4) on my Windows 10 computer, and then I have installed PHP and edited the configuration files to the best of my ability.
(This is my first time installing an Apache server, so I might have made a few rookie mistakes)

The problem is that PHP code inside a HTML document is not executed, instead the code is commented out.

I try to run this HTML

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
	<head>
		<meta charset="UTF-8">
	</head>

	<body>

		<h1>
			<?php echo "My first PHP script!";?>
		</h1>

	</body>
</html>

The result is a blank page.
If I use the developer mode (F12) the code looks like this, so I guess there is no surprise that the page is blank.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
	<head>
		<meta charset="UTF-8">
	</head>

	<body>

		<h1>
			<!--?php echo "My first PHP script!";?-->
		</h1>

	</body>
</html>

I have tried both to run the file from the browser as a local host, http://localhost:8080, and open the file directly, but the result is the same.

However, if I run a PHP-file directly it works.
I created a file called phpinfo.php and put it in the configured root directory.

PHP

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Then I use the following link in the browser
http://localhost:8080/phpinfo.php

The result is the PHP-info page.

This gets me a bit stumped as I am new to this and I don't know what else to configure.
I have probably missed some simple configuration, but right now I cannot think of anything else.

Does anyone know what the problem might be and a possible solution?

What I have tried:

I have tried both PHP 5.6 and PHP 7, but with the same result.
I get the same result regardless of browser, Edge, Chrome, Firefox.

Posted 5-Aug-16 15:55pm

George Jonsson

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enhzflep 7-Aug-16 16:53pm

I haven't changed it in a million years, but I'd imagine it to be found in PHP.ini
Basically, there's a flag that controls whether or not Apache will look inside .html file its serving for PHP code, or whether it will only search in .php files.

From memory, html/php files were both searched by default once upon a time. Somewhere over the past 8 or so years it seems to have changed.

Anyway, here's a couple of answers to the problem:

Parse HTML files as PHP
How to run a php script inside an html file

George Jonsson 7-Aug-16 23:59pm

Thanks a million. The change has to be made in hpptd.conf or .htaccess, but otherwise you were spot on.
I had to add the following lines inside the block <ifmodule mime_module="">
AddType application/x-httpd-php .html
AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm
Then it worked like a charm.

You should submit this as an answer, so other people can benefit from it.

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