Enable HTML files to display PHP Code

You have several options when creating your own website. The foundational records are often either html (documents ending in the extension.html or.htm) or php (documents concluding in the expansion.php) records, particularly on Linux servers like the ones we use for our hosting records. The markup dialect used to display material is called HTML, and it is not produced on the server side. A programming language called PHP is used to create pages that are managed and sent by the server. HTML can not automatically interpret PHP code, but PHP records may simply read and display HTML code. You should adjust accordingly, following the guidelines in your.htaccess file. Once that is done, the php code will show inside HTML records without issue. Take after the directions beneath as they guide you on empowering html documents to show php code by means of your .htaccess record.

Enable HTML files to display php code

• Log into your cPanel dashboard.
• Use the File Manager to navigate to the root folder for the domain you are working with, ensuring you set the Show Hidden Files option.
• Once in the root folder for the domain, check the .htaccess file. If one is not there, you will need to create a new one. Once located, edit the file by highlighting the file and click on the Edit icon from the toolbar at the top of the page.
• This brings you to the cpanel file editor. You will want to insert the following line of code at the top of the .htaccess file.
• AddType text/html .shtml .shtm .htm .html
• AddHandler server-parsed .shtml .shtm .htm .html
• Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes
• # Uncomment the version of PHP you have on your server
• # Only one of the following can be uncommented
• AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .shtml
• #AddHandler application/x-httpd-php52 .shtml
• #AddHandler application/x-httpd-php54 .shtml
• #AddHandler application/x-httpd-php4 .shtml
• Tap the Save Changes catch in the upper right corner of the screen. Your html record ought to now show the php code inside it. The following is a previously, then after the fact shot of the impacts of the .htaccess alter.