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Posted by Ed Mullen on 11/12/07 04:50
Jonathan N. Little wrote:
> Ed Mullen wrote:
>> I'm considering using PHP to include the menus on my Web pages. I've
>> tested it and it works fine (even though I know next to nothing about
>> PHP). My understanding is that the page that will import content
>> using a PHP include must have a .PHP extension. Which means that all
>> my page names (which now end in .html) will change. Which means that
>> the search engine results will point to non-existent pages.
>
> The include file doesn't but the calling file may for it to parse PHP,
> server settings dependent.
>
> <!-- caller.php -->
> <?php include_once('fileWithPhpCode.txt');
> ...
>
> But it is advisable to make the include file fileWithPhpCode.php so if
> some hacker call your file directly they will only see the html output
> not the php source.
>
>>
>> Any thoughts on what I might do about this dilemma?
>>
>
> Very simple example...
> .htaccess file
>
> RewriteEngine On
>
> RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ $1.php
>
Excellent. Thank you all. I do have the ability to edit the .htaccess
file. I will go read more so as not to be quite as dangerous as I am now.
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