Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 11/11/07 22:16

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

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Take care,

Jonathan
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