There is a very common problem when trying to upgrade sites made by “newbie” website developers or when you realize that html isn’t the only language on the internet, and you need to upgrade your site.
Problem:
You have a site where every page has a *.html or *.htm extension, and you want to add a dynamic, server-side programming language like PHP.
Solution #1:
Go through your entire site, and change every file name to a *.php extension. Then go through every page and correct all of the hyper links. Then do testing on your entire site to ensure that you haven’t missed any links. Also, if you know anything about search engine optimization and websites, you’ll know you need to create 301 redirects from your old pages to your new so that you don’t lose any Rankings you may have gained. Then you have more testing to do to make sure all of your 301 redirects work….
Solution #2
Add this one line of Code into your .htaccess:
AddHandler x-httpd-php5 .php .htm .html
That’s all it takes to add PHP to my html files?
Yep, that’s it. That little line of code has saved me hundreds of hours of work, and I’m sure it’s not as commonly known as it should be.
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-Ashton Sanders
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