Rewrite .htm and .html pages to .php

[Karma]

Hi,

Could anyone advise on the best/most efficient way to re-write .htm and .html pages to .php?

So if test.htm is requested, it actually serves test.php

Thanks

[topr8]

any reason why you want to rewrite them rather than just parse .htm as php?

[Karma]

Hi,

I don't think so, in all honesty I'm not sure - I thought that was the only way to do it :/

I've recently taken over an old website that has only .htm pages, so I'm planning to develop a PHP site and don't want to lose the .htm URLs that have been in place for years.

[lucy24]

The answer to your original question is "Yes, but." ;)

[topr8]

>>I've recently taken over an old website that has only .htm pages, so I'm planning to develop a PHP site and don't want to lose the .htm URLs that have been in place for years.

in which case you just want to set the server to parse .htm as php

in .htaccess something like

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .htm

this way keep using the original files but they will act just like a php file

[Karma]

Thanks. Just wondering, what is the difference between the two ?

[topr8]

in the rewrite, the server receives the request for example.htm and instead of serving example.htm will serve example.php

in the other example, it serves example.hem and executes any php code that is in that file.

for my mind the second way is more elegant, if for no other reason, should you forget to make a new .php file for one of the old ones the page will still work - assuming the files are still on the server, whereas with the rewrite you'll get an error page

[g1smd]

Yes. You don't need a rewrite, you just need to set things up so that your .htm files are parsed for PHP scripting within.