Re: Using PHP on an .html file

* Thus wrote Mike Migurski (mike@saturn5.com): > >> Better to do this in an .htaccess file, so you don't incur PHP > >> processing overhead on the entire server (if there are others using > >> it). > > > >Apache suggests not using .htaccess files at all because they require a > >recursive traversing of directories looking for .htaccess files, because > >some supersede others or something like that. > > The only way to eliminate the overhead of searching for .htaccess files is > to set the Allowoverride directive to 'None' in your httpd.conf file - > otherwise, they will be checked for on every request whether they exist or > not. The question is: does the additional benefit of using per-directory > configuration and selective .html-as-.php handling outweigh the speed gain > of not looking for .htaccess files? This depends on the server, how it's > used, and how important raw performance is vs. ease of use. I believe the only time it become a perfomance issue is when you have a complex sub directory structure: http://host/dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4 apache will look at each directory (dirX) and apply .htaccess rules overriding each dir from from document root. > > Just to quickly return to the original question, I would not use either > method - instead I would turn multiviews on, and not use file extensions > in URL's at all. > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/content-negotiation.html This is very interesting and I'm surprized I've overlooked this option. Unfortantly, apache doesn't provide a good example of what this actaully does. A Quick google search didn't result in too good of results. Do you have any other references on how this 'multiview' option work? Thanks, Curt -- "I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure."