The result is a blank page...
The source code reveals that all the html elements including a couple of words for body content.
my .htaccess contains...
<Files ~ "\.inc$">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</Files>
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .phtml .html
first using index.php ...
next using index.html ...
both are identical files with identical results.