Using .htaccess to make all .html pages to run as .php files?

Question

I need to run all of my .html files as .php files and I don\'t have time to change all of the links before our presentation tomorrow. Is there any way to \"hack\" this with

Answer 1

You need to add the following line into your Apache config file:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm .html

You also need two other things:

1. Allow Overridding

   In your_site.conf file (e.g. under /etc/apache2/mods-available in my case), add the following lines:

   <Directory "<path_to_your_html_dir(in my case: /var/www/html)>">
       AllowOverride All
   </Directory>
   

2. Enable Rewrite Mod

   Run this command on your machine:

   sudo a2enmod rewrite 
   

   After any of those steps, you should restart apache:

   sudo service apache2 restart
   

Answer 2

This is in edition to all other right answers:

If you are not able to find the correct Handler, Simply create a .php file with the following contents:

<?php echo $_SERVER['REDIRECT_HANDLER']; ?>

and run/open this file in browser.

Use this output in .htaccess file

Create a .htaccess file at the root of your website(usually a folder named public_html or htdocs on linux servers) and add this line:

AddType [[THE OUTPUT FROM ABOVE FILE]] .html .htm

Example

AddType application/x-httpd-php70 .html .htm

Important Note:

If you see blank page or Notice: Undefined index: REDIRECT_HANDLER

Try default in .htaccess

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .html

Answer 3

First, read this: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/howto/htaccess.html#when

Then read my post here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/59868481/10664600

sudo vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Answer 4

Normally you should add:

Options +ExecCGI
 AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .html
 AddHandler x-httpd-php5 .php .html

However for GoDaddy shared hosting (php-cgi), you need to add also these lines:

AddHandler fcgid-script .html
FCGIWrapper /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/php5 .html

Source: Parse HTML As PHP Using HTACCESS File On Godaddy.

Answer 5

here put this in your .htaccess

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .html

more info on this page

Answer 6

You may also use the H or T flag of mod_rewrite to force all .html files to be parsed by php handler :

using H (Handler) flag:

 RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule \.(html|htm)$ - [H=application/x-httpd-php5]

using T (Type) flag :

 RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule \.(html|htm)$ - [T=application/x-httpd-php5]

Or you can add more extensions to the rule pattern seprated by a pipe | that you want to be parsed by php handler

ex :

RewriteRule \.(html|htm|txt|foo)$ - [T=application/x-httpd-php5]

the example above will change the mime type of files that end with .html , .htm , .txt , .foo to php.

Note : on some servers you will have to change php5 to php to get this example to work in handler string:

Change it

[T=application/x-httpd-php5]

to

[T=application/x-httpd-php]