Re: Couple of beginner questions

On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Gary <gwpaul@ptd.net> wrote: > I've done a number of sites in html and am now venturing into php. > > Can I create a page in html and insert php code that will work? (for > example, take an existing page and insert a date command) Not unless you configure your web server to parse all .html documents with PHP first. > Can I create a page with the php extension that contains only contains html > and no php? If so are there advantages/disadvantages? Absolutely. The only real disadvantage I know of is the small overhead from causing PHP to process a file that could otherwise be served directly. That, and you'll possibly blow the use of client-side caching of what is essentially static content. > Can I mix and match file formats (php/html) in a single site? Again, absolutely. > Thanks for any input. You're welcome. > Gary