How to get PHP to work on .html pages with SUPHP installed?

Can't use .htaccess, need to use php.ini?

[brizad]

I've searched high and low for this and support doesn't have an answer for me.

I just added suphp to my VPS (apache 2.2, php5) and have now found that with suphp, you can't use .htaccess files to set php flags or parameters. This is what I had in my .htaccess files:

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

Support suggested that I could do it with php.ini but I've tried adding that code and various other things that I've found on the net but it's not working.

How can I get php parsed on all .html pages server-wide since I can't use .htaccess?

Thanks!

[SevenCubed]

You say this is a VPS -- so I'm guessing you have root access? If yes, depending on your setup you should be able to add...

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

...into...

/etc/apache2/apache2.conf (preferred)

OR

/etc/apache2/httpd.conf (if apache2.conf contains "Include /etc/apache2/httpd.conf")
...and of course reboot apache.

OR

/var/www/vhosts/example.com/conf/vhost.conf (in a Plesk environment)
If the above vhost.conf file doesn't exist simply create it through your control panel and then run this as root user from an ssh terminal:
/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/websrvmng -a (only for Plesk environment, no need to reboot)

...instead of putting it in the .htaccess file. Note that all these options are for a Plesk control panel environment. Yours may be slightly different depending on distribution.

[brizad]

Thanks SevenCubed for your reply.

The server support guys came back and corrected what they told me about not being able to use that code in htaccess. They said I had to use:

AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .html

which has worked. So I guess I don't need to do this server-wide after all. I just added this new code to the htaccess files of the sites that needed it.