Run PHP in HTML page

Question

I am trying to run PHP in HTML page.

I saved this file in WAMP as a .html

<html>
  <body>
    <?php echo "My first PHP script!";?>
  </body>
</html>

But when I open it with the browser and I do inspect element the result is this:

<html>
    <head></head>
    <body>
        <!--?php
            echo "My first PHP script!";
        ?--> 
    </body>
</html>

delete your file, and won't show it :)) or just rename to .php :)) — , Jul 03 '13 at 14:31
Hahaha, it works ok. Thank you. It's my first php, I wanted to test... — Milton90, Jul 03 '13 at 14:34
@Downvoters - Why down vote this question? Sure, it's simple but it's well structured and on topic. — webnoob, Jul 03 '13 at 14:34
I haven't down-voted, but I will try to "fix" one down-vote, although doesn't worth neither up-vote, so +1 from me. — , Jul 03 '13 at 14:36

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 03 '13 at 14:32

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If Apache is not running .html pages as php scripts then running a .html page won't run as .php

edited Jul 03 '13 at 14:32

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answered Jul 03 '13 at 14:30

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Ron · Answer 2 · 2013-07-03T14:39:40.203

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Solution: Rename your filename from something.html to something.php

or alternatively something.phtml although this is uncommon

edited Jul 03 '13 at 14:39

answered Jul 03 '13 at 14:30

Ron

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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You can also save the page as .phtml. This format is possible of displaying .php & .html.

Take a look here for more information: What is phtml, and when should I use a .phtml extension rather than .php?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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answered Jul 03 '13 at 14:34

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Take a look here for more information: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11859015/what-is-phtml-and-when-should-i-use-a-phtml-extension-rather-than-php – Benz Jul 03 '13 at 14:35
Best to add that information against your answer for clarity :) – webnoob Jul 03 '13 at 14:37
I will do that the next time, thq you @webnoob – Benz Jul 03 '13 at 14:39

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 03 '13 at 14:29

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You should save it as .php instead of .html

answered Jul 03 '13 at 14:29

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 03 '13 at 14:29

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You need to put it into a .php file, the webserver (if not configured so) won't interpret .html files as PHP.

answered Jul 03 '13 at 14:29

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 28 '15 at 01:34

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Like others said, by changing file extension from .html to .php would work. However, if you don't want to do that, you may want to check this out. It allows you to execute php file without change file extension.

answered Jan 28 '15 at 01:34

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Run PHP in HTML page

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