RE: [PHP] IIS, PHP and HTML

> -----Original Message----- > From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk] > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:47 PM > To: Phillip Baker > Cc: PHP General List > Subject: Re: [PHP] IIS, PHP and HTML > > On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 16:26 -0600, Phillip Baker wrote: > > > Greetings All, > > > > I am at a new Gig. > > So this is the existing setup so changing it at least in the short > > term is not an option. > > > > We are in an IIS shop. > > We have a bunch of files that are html, and in need of php functionality. > > And that would be a BUNCH of files. > > > > I am interested in setting if I can set up IIS to use the php > > interpreter on HTML files. > > And then just start using the html files as php. > > > > There are just so many html files I would prefer to not do 301 > > redirects, not header redirects and blot the server with empty files (nearly > empty). > > My preference is to use the existing files. > > > > Is there a way to make this happen? > > Are there any pitfalls in making this happen that I will need to be > > aware of? > > > > Blessed Be > > > > Phillip > > > Yes, you just configure IIS to treat the .html extension the same as it > does .php. > > Several things to note though. You can't control this on a site-by-site basis as > far as I remember, so if you set this, it's for the whole server. Any plain html > pages will be delivered more slowly. > Correction, IIS7.5 (Win08r2) and IIS7 (Win08) can set it at per path/site/server depending on your needs. Set it via 'handler mappings' accordingly. I don't remember IIS 6 and older since it's been a couple of years I've dealt with IIS 6. Regards, Tommy > Second, PHP code isn't inserted into HTML, rather it's the other way around. > This distinction is important when you are outputting content other than > HTML from PHP code, or when you are using the header() function. > > Although IIS wouldn't be my server of choice, I think the one thing you may > find lacking is Apaches .htaccess files. IIS can emulate most of the behaviour > of this with plugins though, but I believe they tend to cost. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >