Re: Renaming .htm pages to .php

On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 21:58:42 -0400 "Mike Brum" <php@crazyted.com> wrote: > If you change you Apache configs, it wouldn't create a "problem" with > .htm pages that don't use any PHP, but the pages will still be sent > through the PHP parser. > > If you don't have a very high-traffic site and there's no other sites > on the box, then you probably won't see any real performance hit - but > understand that if you do start getting a ton of traffic, every .htm > page will be parsed for PHP content. Even if none is found, there is > some CPU cycles burned in that initial parsing. > The other problem with parsing all .htm or .html as php pages is you lose portability of the site should you change the server that the web site is on. I suggest that changing the extension to .php would be the better way to go. Anything else is a compromise. George Patterson > -----Original Message----- > From: David Blomstrom [mailto:GeoBear@geobop.com] > Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 9:49 PM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Renaming .htm pages to .php > > So if I understand you correctly, I can turn a page into a .php page > through one of two methods: > > 1. Change the extension to .php > 2. Instruct Apache to treat .htm extensions as .php extensions. > > That sounds really interesting. Would that create any problems with > pages that I never use .php functions on? Or if I have websites on my > computer > > that don't use php? > > Thanks. > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >