HTML PHP if else statement

Question

I have the following part of code inside my HTML body tag:

<?php if(1==2) { ?>

    <a class="demage" href="xxxx.html">demage</a>
    <a class="history" href="xxxx.html">history</a>

<?php } else { ?>

    <a class="Sign In" href="login_page.html">Sign In</a>
    <a class="Sign Up" href="register_page.html">Sign Up</a>

<?php } ?>

but it displays the 4 links in a row, not the last two as it is supposed to. What is wrong with the code?

it is showing Sign In and Sign Up link for me.. try checking `else if(1!=2){ links }` — Shail Paras, Jul 13 '14 at 10:01
@LozCheroneツ No the file is a .html I cannot change the file extension so is there an other way inside a html file to do this? — nicolasmanic, Jul 13 '14 at 10:02
Yes there is [another way](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6237044/parsing-html-files-as-php) but its not advised, why cant you change the extension? PHP needs to run through the PHP engine, else it wont get parsed. — Lawrence Cherone, Jul 13 '14 at 10:04
Ok i will change the extension and come back with an update Thanks — nicolasmanic, Jul 13 '14 at 10:07
@vaibhav if the values are dynamic, the javascript way would not be possible, assuming he doesn't have PHP configured correctly. — Ryan, Jul 13 '14 at 10:09
Ok i change the extension and it worked. The problem was that i was running php code with .html extension! Thanks! — nicolasmanic, Jul 13 '14 at 10:12
This is not an answer to your question, but instead of using curly brackets you can also make if-statements like this: ` Some HTML Other HTML `. It makes it easier to edit I find. — Michaël van de Weerd, Jul 13 '14 at 10:20

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 13 '14 at 10:14

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I don't see any error in the code the code is running as expected. (See the image attached.)

May be there's some problem with your php.

answered Jul 13 '14 at 10:14

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Lawrence Cherone · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-13T11:42:26.087

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Answered in comments, collective effort.

By default PHP will only evaluate/parse files containing PHP with the extension .php

edited Jul 13 '14 at 11:42

answered Jul 13 '14 at 10:14

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Could you please clarify this; I think the statement is much too broad. I know what you're trying to indicate, however, this reads as if php is limited to reading only files and data that have a `.php` extension. – l'L'l Jul 13 '14 at 11:22
@l'L'l Yeah I suppose your right, if the OP's question is not read, it may seem broadish. Its community wiki so feel-free to word it better. – Lawrence Cherone Jul 13 '14 at 11:39

HTML PHP if else statement

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