| Re: why php echo does not show up in HTML? [message #181656 is a reply to message #181651] |
Fri, 24 May 2013 16:07   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 5/24/2013 11:47 AM, Tim Streater wrote:
> In article <knnr88$4bg$1(at)dont-email(dot)me>,
> Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex(at)attglobal(dot)net> wrote:
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>> On 5/24/2013 9:40 AM, Tim Streater wrote:
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>>> Personally I add:
>>>
>>> AddType application/x-httpd-php .phtml
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>>> to the apache config file, and use that for files containing any PHP.
>>> That way the PHP interpreter is only involved when a file actually has
>>> PHP in it.
>>>
>>
>> What's the difference between using .phtml and .php (other than the
>> former is non-standard and will not work on all systems)?
>
> None, I don't suppose, but it was the standard where I used to work. I
> just followed it. I use .php for scripts that *only* contain php.
>
That's reasonable, as long as you only run on servers you control. Of
course, someone else's server could cause a problem.
> It's a shame that the universe doesn't use proper file metadata but as
> we seem to be stuck using extensions they may as well mean something.
>
I won't argue that. However, remember when the web started, many os's
didn't support metadata (and some still don't do it properly). And,
unfortunately, once a standard is implemented, it becomes very difficult
to make a non-compatible change (which this would be).
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