Re: Couple of beginner questions

Looks like a great link, thank you. But am I to understand that all I need to do is change the extention on a file to php from html for all to be right with the world? Gary "tedd" <tedd.sperling@gmail.com> wrote in message news:p06240803c58e55325244@[192.168.1.101]... > At 12:18 PM -0500 1/9/09, Gary 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) >> >>Can I create a page with the php extension that contains only contains >>html >>and no php? If so are there advantages/disadvantages? >> >>Can I mix and match file formats (php/html) in a single site? >> >>Thanks for any input. >> >>Gary > > > Gary: > > Welcome to the wonderful world of php. > > As for your date question, try this: > > http://sperling.com/examples/time/ > > As for mixing html and php, the following was the most important thing I > learned about doing what you're trying to do: > > http://sperling.com/examples/include-demo/ > > I think the demo is well worth your time to go through. > > Hope this helps. > > Cheers, > > tedd > > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com > http://ancientstones.com > http://earthstones.com