Executing PHP code in a *.html file

Question

This is an example code. In my .html file, I am using following HTML + PHP-code:

Today is: <? print(Date("l F d, Y")); ?>.

I would expect to see:

Today is: monday October 4, 2010.

The only thing I see is:

Today is:.

(mind the dot at the end).

This means the PHP-code is not processed!

PHP-code in a .php file works fine.

I tried to add AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm .html and addtype application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .inc .html to the .htaccess file, neither of which helped.

Is there something wrong with my hosting-provider? (on Apache server) Or am making some mistake?
Please help, as I am puzzling for many days now.

Or to `=` and lose the `print`; `=` always works, irregardless of the short_open_tag setting. — Martin Tournoij, Dec 30 '14 at 11:37
And if that does not work just save your page as `.php` as well. There is not need to store files as `.html` as PHP will return the html as html — DarkBee, Dec 30 '14 at 11:38
Php code can only run inside a .php extension file. However you can use htaccess to rewrite .php url to .html — Muhammad Bilal, Dec 30 '14 at 11:38
@madforstrength Well he tried to change the filehandler for html to php but dunno if this works on a shared host — DarkBee, Dec 30 '14 at 11:39
@madforstrength php code can run regardless of the file's extension if server is configured properly. — Cthulhu, Dec 30 '14 at 11:41
@Rakesh so change it with .php because your trying to run PHP code in .html extension which is not right. rename your file with .php extension — Rakesh Shetty, Dec 30 '14 at 11:52
@Rakesh either you can rename the file or if you dont want to then you can use javascript/jQuery to display today's date — Rakesh Shetty, Dec 30 '14 at 11:56
i want to print the message which is coming in url as a alert here — Rakesh, Dec 30 '14 at 11:58
@Rakesh you want to `print the message which is coming in the url`? Where did you mentioned this in your question? Please explain in detail what exactly you want to do — Rakesh Shetty, Dec 30 '14 at 12:01
@Rakesh this not the way how stackoverflow work. If you want the answer then ask properly with details. This make confuse for other users, people here will not read your mind. Either you edit your question or ask different question — Rakesh Shetty, Dec 30 '14 at 12:04
@Rakesh **if you need to run php in `.html` file then instead `.html` type `.rakesh` it will work** [click here to know more](http://www.codeconquest.com/website/client-side-vs-server-side/) ------- — sanoj lawrence, Dec 30 '14 at 12:14
@sanoj better u type ur name and run then it will work for sure — Rakesh, Dec 30 '14 at 12:17

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

Save your file .html file with extension .php

For example if your file name is sample.html rename it to sample.php

And on sample.php file write the following code :

<?php

  echo "Today is: ".date("l F d, Y");

?>

Output : Today is: Tuesday December 30, 2014

See here DEMO

Edit :- If you don't want to use PHP then you can display current date using Javascript. See HERE for javascript solution

sanoj lawrence · Answer 2 · 2014-12-30T12:26:36.827

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Since you need to Display data ONLY using html page

So only way is using javascript

<span id="time"></span>

var today = new Date();
 document.getElementById('time').innerHTML=today;

JsFiddle

edited Dec 30 '14 at 12:26

answered Dec 30 '14 at 11:59

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This isn't quite right. HTML still comes from the server, and is processed by Apache before sending it to the client. You can configure Apache to send the `.html` document via the PHP parser prior to being sent to the client if you wish ([related question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6295141/server-not-parsing-html-as-php)). – halfer Dec 30 '14 at 12:18
@halfer thats right but `html` can run in localhost without server but `php` can't it need a server to run – sanoj lawrence Dec 30 '14 at 12:23
Sure, but the OP mentions a "hosting provider" and "Apache", so we can assume they have those. – halfer Dec 30 '14 at 12:24
@halfer thats right but i just mention that `php` code will not run in `.html` files as you commented then let me remove that line :) – sanoj lawrence Dec 30 '14 at 12:26
PHP won't run in HTML files _by default_. But it can be configured to do so, and that appears to be what the OP wants. See the `AddType` Apache directives in the question. – halfer Dec 30 '14 at 12:27
@halfer by configured we can make php run in `.html` ?? then i have to learn about that, thanks for teaching – sanoj lawrence Dec 30 '14 at 12:30
than what would be wrong after configured still no output – sanoj lawrence Dec 30 '14 at 12:32
Possibly the `.htaccess` file is not being read by Apache. Also there are different ways of running PHP, and perhaps it needs a different directive to enable the PHP engine for this file extension. Difficult to say without being able to try things, to be honest. – halfer Dec 30 '14 at 12:38
to be honest i don't have any knowledge about `.htaccess` where can i learn about that online – sanoj lawrence Dec 30 '14 at 12:41
@sanoj: if u dont hav any knowledge on htaccess, just keep calm.dont give wrong answers – Rakesh Dec 31 '14 at 04:46
@halfer: thanx a lot halfer for ur valuable answer:) – Rakesh Dec 31 '14 at 04:47

SMshrimant · Answer 3 · 2018-07-27T16:32:56.627

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Instead of using php use javascript like this,

<button type="button"
   onclick="document.getElementById('demo').innerHTML = Date()">
   Click me to display Date</button>
<p id="demo"></p>

edited Jul 27 '18 at 16:32

answered Jul 08 '18 at 17:39

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Executing PHP code in a *.html file

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JsFiddle