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whats the difference between .php and .html

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Dec 01.2003

I have seen lots of web pages that have been named index.php rather then index.html.

I would like to know what the difference is and whether these people have certain features on that page so it needs to be called .php instead of .html.

Just a simple explanation would be ok.

Thanks

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@pyroDec 01.2003 — You asked for simple, so that's what you get... ?

Pages with a .php extention will be processed as PHP, and thus can contain PHP code. Pages with a .html extention generally are not processed as PHP (they can be made to, if one wants to) and cannot contain PHP code.
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@dreamcatcherDec 01.2003 — You can edit your .htaccess file so that your server will parse .html files for PHP content. Think its something like:

[b]AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .html[/b]

Although I`m not 100% sure.

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@pyroDec 01.2003 — Yep, if you are on an Apache server that should work...
[i]Originally posted by pyro [/i]

[B](they can be made to, if one wants to)[/B][/QUOTE]
I think I'd just leave it as .php though...
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