Re: newbie question

.php documents can still be written with all HTML, PHP, or a mixture of both. If you were to make a .php web page you would not be able to preview it in your local browser without setting up a local server, where as you can open a .html document directly in your browser without a local server. Install XAMPP or MAMP, the local server will interpret the PHP and display it as HTML in your browser. On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 5:13 PM, Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 03:15:59PM -0400, Tedd Sperling wrote: > > > > > On Sep 16, 2015, at 2:35 PM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> > wrote: > > > Almost. Actually, it's the web server which sees that as non-php > content and just outputs it to the standard output to be sent to your > browser. most web servers, when not told what type of content is being sent > (with a header call) will default to HTML. > > > > I think (I may be wrong) the process will default to text. For example, > try placing a html file with nothing but a word in it and give it a .html > extension. The Browser will simply print the word without any HTML tags. > > > > > It's still HTML in your PHP files, hence the need for the specific > file extension. > > > > Unless you use a htacess file to force the Server to process .html as > .php. > > > > Cheers, > > > > tedd > > Yup! Or use ".cfm", or ".txt" or ForceType *everything* regardless of > file extension or the lack > thereof as PHP in .htaccess or httpd.conf or via an Apache Include > directive or unless you run > SuPHP or run PHP as a CGI binary or ... how many ways are there to skin a > cat? > > And who really cares about file extensions? I mean, besides the Windows > OS, which apparently > doesn't give a rat's tuchis about trying to ID file types without them.... > > "PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially > suited to web development." > --- Someone at PHP.net > > And there are many, *many* ways to run it. However, as everyone has > noted, it's not run in > the browser/HTTP client. > > Kevin Kinsey > OMBE.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >