On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 3:39 AM, Eddie Drapkin <oorza2k5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 2:53 AM, Ashley > Sheridan<ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 2009-07-18 at 23:09 -0600, Govinda wrote: > >> > i never used x-mapp-php5, but most of a forums say it is specific to > >> > 1and1 hosting service. php recommends application/x-httpd-php > >> > > >> > http://us2.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.apache2.php > >> > > >> > try adding AddType application/x-httpd-php .html in your root htaccess > >> > >> hmmm. Darn! I just did try what you suggested above. Still no luck. > >> > >> > if that dosent help you'll have to add that to your htpd.conf file > >> > >> I am guessing that this means that I am outta luck since I am on a > >> shared hosting environment and assume I do not have access to > >> httpd.conf. > >> > >> Agreed? > >> > >> > It sounds like your .htaccess file may be telling .html files in a / > >> > sub/directory/ to treat .html files as .php > >> > >> I'm sorry I misled everyone. I just looked better at things and .html > >> files are NOT getting their PHP parsed... *not anywhere*. So I > >> assume then that it IS an httpd.conf issue. (?) ...and only the > >> host admin can turn this on for me? (Because if it is something I > >> have control over he is going to give me a hard time ;-) > >> > >> -G > >> > > Generally, if a file has a .html extenstion, then it should really just > > contain html. .php extensions are meant for php code containing html. > > > > Thanks > > Ash > > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > File extension has absolutely no bearing at all on the contents of the > file. There's valid reasons to not expose what's what under the hood, > especially if there happen to be known exploits in the latest version > of PHP that week. God forbid that that happens, but it does every so > often. File mime-type being determined by an extension is entirely M$ > Windows mentality and doesn't really extend to *nix environments, > where most of us are hosting our sites, anyway. You could name your > scripts whatever you want, .awesome, .refridgerator, .silver, whatever > and it'd have no bearing on the files themselves. It's certainly the > de-factor standard that .html files only contain flat markup, but > that's by no means a rule or anything, but it's common practice > (mostly because programmers are lazy). > > Sorry if I sound rude, just quit smoking :) > --Eddie > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Eddie your exactly right, changing file MIME types is often used for security and protection. It is harder to know what is behind the "show" when you don't visually expose it. (A simple curl will give you the HTTP headers often with PHP as a/the agent.) -- - Adam Shannon ( http://ashannon.us )
