Will Google index .php extensions

Looking for a indexable forum for our customers

[Phil_S]

We want to have forum for our customers, but I want the all the pages indexed by Google.

Our host already has a nice forum installed for us, but it has a .php extension

Example - viewforum.php?f=2

Or would it be better to have an .htm extension like the on webmasterworld.

Thanks.

[korkus2000]

The php extension is fine. The querystring can be a problem. The more name value pairs you have in a url the less likely it will be spidered. Dynamic urls will get spidered but it is wiser to use static looking pages. Whether that php, asp, or htm.

[BigDave]

No problem with PHP. But you better have pretty high PR if you expect google to index the entire forum. It will not have problems with the dynamic URLs as long as there is only that one variable passed in the URL.