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

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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 my Apache server?

Though it's not a direct answer to your question, using `sed` or any good IDE will allow you find-and-replace across an entire directory/project. Also, you can batch rename files pretty easily on Linux. — coreyward, Jan 14 '11 at 01:43
Yes but if you rename the files using sed, you might get many broken links. Of course, you can also try to change all the links in your website, but there's also links from all over the Internet that might point to your website. — Marc-François, Jan 14 '11 at 02:26

score 71 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 21 '17 at 13:41

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Create a .htaccess file at the root of your website and add this line:

[Apache2 @ Ubuntu/Debian: use this directive]

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

Or, from comment below:

AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .html .htm

If your are running PHP as CGI (probably not the case), you should write instead:

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

edited Dec 21 '17 at 13:41

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answered Jan 14 '11 at 01:36

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I had to add `5` to the end of the type for it to work, i.e. `AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .html .htm` (CentOS running PHP 5.3) – melat0nin Apr 09 '14 at 09:17
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This doesn't work for me. It makes Firefox want to download the html file and display it. – Lee Blake Apr 17 '14 at 00:30
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@LeeBlake I am having the same issue. Any luck with this? – Kaleem Sajid Jun 27 '15 at 20:23
@melat0nin, Is `application/x-httpd-php5` hard coded? Could it have been something else? – Pacerier Aug 11 '15 at 07:48
Just want to add that `AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .html .htm` should also be used if you are running PHP as FCGId – Maghoumi Apr 13 '16 at 04:24
@LeeBlake It is important to enable the module `rewrite` and resolve `AllowOverride All` – Andrei Krasutski Sep 01 '17 at 18:01
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it causing file to be downloading – Muhammad Muazzam Jun 25 '18 at 11:14
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@AndreiKrasutski Done that. Still downloading. – spacer GIF Feb 02 '20 at 19:46

score 12 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 12 '13 at 02:25

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In My Godaddy Server the following code worked

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

edited Mar 12 '13 at 02:25

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answered Mar 09 '13 at 09:50

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I think mentioning "Godaddy" robs you off your first spot. – Pacerier Aug 11 '15 at 07:49

score 9 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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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

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Mar 20 '18 at 03:12

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Perfect! Thank You! – Shawn Rebelo Jan 22 '20 at 19:52
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Is there a way to determine this handler in another way? Because $_SERVER['REDIRECT_HANDLER'] is returning null in my case :( – Fox Jun 11 '20 at 07:01

score 7 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 30 '15 at 19:01

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]

score 7 · Answer 5 · edited Nov 06 '17 at 14:16

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:

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>
```
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
```

score 5 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 28 '12 at 20:11

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For anyone out there still having trouble,

try this (my hosting was from Godaddy and this is the only thing that worked for me among all the answers out there.

AddHandler x-httpd-php5-cgi .html

answered Aug 28 '12 at 20:11

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score 4 · Answer 7 · edited Apr 27 '13 at 16:54

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I think this is the best way to run php script on html and htm pages:

AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .html .htm

edited Apr 27 '13 at 16:54

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answered Apr 27 '13 at 16:25

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score 4 · Answer 8 · edited Nov 06 '17 at 14:18

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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.

edited Nov 06 '17 at 14:18

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answered Dec 19 '14 at 23:01

This worked with hostgator shared hosting as well. Thanks. – Kaleem Sajid Jun 27 '15 at 20:24
I am using godaddy and that is the only one that's worked for me. others either don't work or download the html page without displaying it! – Mazen Elkashef Aug 03 '16 at 17:21

score 4 · Answer 9 · answered Jun 20 '18 at 20:35

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Running .html files as php stopped working all of a sudden in my .htaccess file.

Godaddy support had me change it to:

AddHandler application/x-httpd-lsphp .html

answered Jun 20 '18 at 20:35

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**The correct answer varies** depending on webserver configuration. This one is the correct answer in my case too (and I'm *not* with GoDaddy) ...so if you're having problems, it's probably best to check with your web host. – ashleedawg Dec 23 '18 at 15:02
It depends wether your hosting provider uses LSAPI (LiteSpeed) version of PHP handler then you have to use `application/x-httpd-lsphp` instead of `application/x-httpd-php` – sbrbot Jun 04 '19 at 10:13
Works for my hostgator shared server. Thank you – Extrange planet Jun 16 '23 at 20:01

andrewk · Answer 10 · 2011-01-14T02:03:34.550

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here put this in your .htaccess

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

more info on this page

edited Jan 14 '11 at 02:03

answered Jan 14 '11 at 01:35

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score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 03 '15 at 07:26

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Using @Marc-François approach Firefox prompted me to download the html file

Finally the following is working for me (using both):

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

answered Jul 03 '15 at 07:26

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score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Jan 27 '17 at 22:30

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

answered Jan 27 '17 at 22:30

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Please use the [edit] link to explain how this code works and don't just give the code, as an explanation is more likely to help future readers. See also [answer]. [source](http://stackoverflow.com/users/5244995) – Jed Fox Jan 27 '17 at 22:50

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Mar 22 '18 at 13:45

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I'm using PHP7.1 running in my Raspberry Pi 3.

In the file /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php7.1.conf I added at the end:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .html .htm .png .jpg .gif

answered Mar 22 '18 at 13:45

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score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Sep 12 '19 at 00:47

On Dreamhost Servers you can refer to this page that at time of writing indicates you may use the following for php 7.2 with FastCGI:

AddHandler fcgid-script .html
FcgidWrapper "/dh/cgi-system/php72.cgi" .html

Or if you are using php5 cgi (not FastCGI):

AddHandler php5-cgi .html

Victor · Answer 15 · 2020-01-01T16:35:26.963

None of the answers posted here worked for me.

In my case the problem was, by the one hand, that the .conf file (/etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl.conf or /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf) did not contain the directive AllowOverride All for the site directory, which caused the .htaccess to not been processed. To solve this, add:

<Directory /var/www/html/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
</Directory>

On the other hand, the problem was that the .htaccess was created by the root user, and therefore the apache user could not read it. So, changing the file owner solved definitely the problem:

chown www-data:www-data .htaccess

score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Jan 22 '20 at 22:00

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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

answered Jan 22 '20 at 22:00

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An answer should contain.. well the answer, and not just link somewhere where it migth be written :) – Markus Jan 22 '20 at 22:31
If you copy and paste the answer to a question everywhere that someone asked the same question, the moderators here will delete some of them and tell you to post links to the best one. – Adam Winter Jan 23 '20 at 21:28

score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Oct 06 '21 at 18:07

Sometimes it doesn't work, if you just add the .htaccess file to the directory. In my case, I also changed an entry in the apache2 configuration.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

...

<Directory /var/www/>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Require all granted
</Directory>

Modification:

<Directory /var/www/>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

After that you only must restart the apache2-service:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

This worked for me.

score 0 · Answer 18 · answered Mar 24 '22 at 09:08

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This would help anyone,

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.html$ $1.php [L]

Digitalocean

Thanks @FlamberHansen.

answered Mar 24 '22 at 09:08

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score 0 · Answer 19 · answered Feb 02 '23 at 11:36

If you're on Plesk running PHP as an FPM application served by Apache this article worked for me:

Go to Domains > example.com > PHP Settings and add the following lines into the field Additional configuration directives:

[php-fpm-pool-settings]
security.limit_extensions = .php .phar .html .inc

.htaccess

<Files ~ .(?i:inc|html|htm)$>
SetHandler proxy:unix:///var/www/vhosts/system/EXAMPLE.com/php-fpm.sock|fcgi://127.0.0.1:9000
</Files>

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