conbining html and php

wjudy · #1 16th September 2004, 09:33 PM

Hi, I stay here for whole day, need help!!

Env: Fedora 2 full installed. php-4.3.4 with Apache 2.0

Problem: can not run a php page with html code embedded or a html page with php code embedded. Shown up a white page without error msg in Mozilla. But no problem running pure html or pure php (phpinfo page/hello world)

Fedora2 put libphp4.so in http module dir, but it's name is not mod_XXXX and there is no LoadModule item in httpd.conf. I think php is built in Fedora2. So don't care LoadModule ....

exp: ?? it doesn't work

<?php
.......
?>
<HTML>
<HEAD> ....
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<?php print "hello world!" ?>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Help me getting out here.

fjleal · #2 17th September 2004, 12:02 AM

I'm not sure I understood your problem, but your php pages need to have the ".php" extension. This way, they're handled by the php parser. No need to mess up with any modules at all.

**Finalzone** · #3 17th September 2004, 12:35 AM

I reproduced the scenario above and noted the problem when writing a php embedded in html. It may be a possible bug in the httpd.conf from Apache for Fedora so you submit that problem to the developer. Hower I have no problem running html embedded in php page. I will post a solution if I find one.

Chas.H · #4 17th September 2004, 12:49 AM

I agree with fjleal...
I write quite a bit of php and I always put them in *.php files. Embedding php in html code is fine as long as the filename is *.php. You could actually write all html( with no php code ) in a *.php file and it would work fine as long as php is running on the server. Without the php extension, the php parser doesn't see it.

#5 17th September 2004, 01:02 AM

php embeded in html will not get parsed unless you tell apahce to parse it. you need to tell apache to handle the .html extention as it were php. this is not a bug. you can tell apache to do this by editing you .htaccess files in you document root or you can edit your httpd.conf
add this to you .htaccess or httpd.conf file

Code:

Addhandler php-script .php .html .htm

Note: I am assuming you know how to edit these files because you and where to find them. If you don't tell us and we will guide you through it.

**Finalzone** · #6 17th September 2004, 01:08 AM

Thanks, superbnerd. I forgot about that one. :o

kosmosik · #7 17th September 2004, 01:37 AM

.html files are meant to serve static pages that is why they got .html extension. to tell the server that this page is static* and to tell the server to not use php interpreter on static page (waste of resources) - if you want to have any .html page parsed via php interpreter you can chage Apache settings - but this will be not so clever to do so (unless you are certainly certain that *every* html page is php page and needs to be interpreted)...

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* this is not a limitation - but it is kind of de facto standard. usualy we deal with such stuff (serving dynamic (interpreted) and static (f.e. html pages, images) content by setting up two servers on different domains - f.e. static.mydomain.tld serves only images and so on using software that is light (stripped version of Apache, or thttpd or boa) and domain.tld serving full blown (but limited to what it have to do and nothing else) Apache with php and so no, probably behind accelerator/cache...

resources aren't cheap think of them before you have problem with them...

#8 17th September 2004, 01:49 AM

or what you could do is make it so every page that ends with .html is static and every page that end with .php or .htm is parsed as php. to do that just add this to you .htaccess

Code:

Addhandler php-script .php .htm

that way all .html pages are left to the default setting.
its best to use .htacces settings instead of changing httpd.conf becasue the changes take affect immediately without restart and your settings only affect a certain directory.

wjudy · #9 20th September 2004, 03:59 AM

yes! Thanks! My problem is solved.

wjudy · #10 21st September 2004, 02:57 AM

Hi: I have a new problem & not sure where caused.
env: FC2's php & httpd with their default httpd.conf & php.ini
docRoot: /var/www/html

For working in the directory : /home/wjudy/a/w/html, I create link to my working dir & from docRoot.And setting option for following link in httpd.conf. It is simple & works well.

1).But it seems something wrong when I insert an img with the src="../img/pic.gif". The mozilla doesn't show the pic. where is the problem comes from? from mozilla? or Server doesnot find the file pic.gif?

2) I never use .htaccess, superbnerd gave a good concept. who give me a good ref for how .

Chas.H · #11 21st September 2004, 04:54 AM

Quote:

1).But it seems something wrong when I insert an img with the src="../img/pic.gif". The mozilla doesn't show the pic. where is the problem comes from? from mozilla? or Server doesnot find the file pic.gif?

Show us the php or html code around this so we can help better.

acrors · #12 22nd September 2004, 04:06 AM

i'm new in linux, pls tell me where is the .htaccess file. I can not find this file.

#13 22nd September 2004, 04:20 AM

there may be a .htaccess file in every directory under you documentroot. you don't have to have one, and if it doesn't exist just create it. they ususally only affect the directory they're in.

acrors · #14 22nd September 2004, 05:38 AM

My test.php file is so simple:

two plus two is <?php echo(2+2); ?>

And I've applied all the thing you talk but the php still doesn't work.

Help

Ps. I did followings:

rpm -qa php
up2date php
yum install httpd php
insert a "LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so" line into "/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf"
and create ".htaccess" file which contains the line "Addhandler php-script .php .htm" in "/var/www/html" directory

#15 22nd September 2004, 05:51 AM

and what happens when you view the page in your browser? did you start apahce?

Code:

/usr/sbin/apachectl start

do you get any error message? does apache andjust html work?