php extension to html

**Red_X_** · 05-25-2008, 04:44 PM

How do you go about making a .php to .html(change the extension in the browser)

example:

Default: site.com/index.php
want: site.com/index.html

Obviously i'll be using php. I just want to spoof it up I guess.

Thanks for your help,

Red_X_

**rogem002** · 06:21 PM

I think what you need is an apache rewrite instead of php (php just processes the page and not much more).

For example, in your .htaccess put the following:

Code:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule ^(.*).html$ $1.php [QSA]

Essentially, if someone wants site.com/index.html the server would access site.com/index.php and the user would have no idea.

If that seems a bit wasteful/insecure, you could also add an extension handler. Again in .htaccess put the following:

Code:

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php html

In this one, any file that ends in .html will be run as a php file.

A extension handler is a much more simpler way of doing things and you will not have 2 files (in a sense) floating about. It's up to you though