php5.0beta and apache2

Hi, I've just installed apache 2 on windows98 and works fine.
Then, I install php5.0.0 beta and works as expected, but some
restrictions apply.

Im a newbie to php, and I dont know why, when I request at
the server the test.html it dont send me the results of
the php script in that (dot) html file, but if I change the
extension to (dot) php and I request that file (test.php) the
server shows me the results of the php script.

What Im doing wrong? Its something in the httpd.conf of the
apache server?

Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

gustavo wrote:

> Hi, I've just installed apache 2 on windows98 and works fine.
> Then, I install php5.0.0 beta and works as expected, but some
> restrictions apply.
>
> Im a newbie to php, and I dont know why, when I request at
> the server the test.html it dont send me the results of
> the php script in that (dot) html file, but if I change the
> extension to (dot) php and I request that file (test.php) the
> server shows me the results of the php script.
>
> What Im doing wrong? Its something in the httpd.conf of the
> apache server?
>
> Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

This was just my question a few days ago:

"> sorry newbie:
> 1. is it that <?php (stuff) ?> will NOT work in my index.html file ?
Will only work if the webserver has been told to send .html files to PHP."

and

"Yes, very normal.
But you can configure your HTTP server to pass whetever pages you want
to the PHP engine.
Check "AddType" for Apache's httpd.conf
For example:
**AddType*application/x-httpd-php*.php*.phtml*.html*.script
will serve php from files ending in .php, .phtml, .html, and .script"

see helpful responses, in context even, from Andrew, Pedro, Ed and Count in
"Re: getting started - gui and file organisation" and "<?php in .html
files ??" messages below

regards, tom

tom wrote:
> gustavo wrote:
>
>
>>Hi, I've just installed apache 2 on windows98 and works fine.
>>Then, I install php5.0.0 beta and works as expected, but some
>>restrictions apply.
>>
>>Im a newbie to php, and I dont know why, when I request at
>>the server the test.html it dont send me the results of
>>the php script in that (dot) html file, but if I change the
>>extension to (dot) php and I request that file (test.php) the
>>server shows me the results of the php script.
>>
>>What Im doing wrong? Its something in the httpd.conf of the
>>apache server?
>>
>>Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
>
> This was just my question a few days ago:
>
> "> sorry newbie:
>
>>1. is it that <?php (stuff) ?> will NOT work in my index.html file ?
>
> Will only work if the webserver has been told to send .html files to PHP."
>
> and
>
> "Yes, very normal.
> But you can configure your HTTP server to pass whetever pages you want
> to the PHP engine.
> Check "AddType" for Apache's httpd.conf
> For example:
> AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml .html .script
> will serve php from files ending in .php, .phtml, .html, and .script"
>
> see helpful responses, in context even, from Andrew, Pedro, Ed and Count in
> "Re: getting started - gui and file organisation" and "<?php in .html
> files ??" messages below
>
> regards, tom

While you *can* set up your webserver, unless you have a **very** good
reason to, you should *not*. If you set up your webserver to do this,
your server will have to parse all .html files for PHP, even if there's
no PHP in them. This is a senseless waste... if you have a PHP file,
name it .php!

Thanks for your help, I began to understand how it works,
there was a moment before I ask for help that I think
"I love Apapche, does it love me?", these kind of thoughts
come to me when things goes wrong, thanks again for your
valued help. In this right moment I think
Apache (and PHP) loves me!