I have hundreds of pages .html in my local folder and I want to convert them to .php.
Is there any way to do this in a single shot instead of going to replace every ".html" with ".php"
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In Windows you can start a command prompt (cmd), cd to the right directory, and use this command:
ren *.html *.php
Or, without using cd, use this command:
ren C:\Path\To\Your\Files\*.html *.php
* is a wildcard which you can use to refer to all files. Windows supports using these wildcards too when renaming files in bulk.
Note: Make a copy first or make sure everything is committed in your version control. If things go wrong you would want to be able to restore the situation when you do a bulk action like this.
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what is this supposed to do, `*` is for the file name?? – Saleem Ahmed Nov 28 '15 at 09:38
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`*` is all file names. [It's a wildcard](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490639.aspx). – GolezTrol Nov 28 '15 at 09:39
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will it change all html in other folders? i only need single folder . – Saleem Ahmed Nov 28 '15 at 09:42
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No, this is just in the current folder in the command prompt. Start `cmd`, and inside the command prompt, make sure you use the `cd` command first, to go to the right directory. – GolezTrol Nov 28 '15 at 09:44
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yeah..on that way..i will check – Saleem Ahmed Nov 28 '15 at 09:46
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if you have access to .htaccess and don't want to change the .html to .php manually. add this to your .htaccess
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .html .htm
this will treat your .html files as .php
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You can check this answer for more details: https://stackoverflow.com/a/4687217/5052778 – Shehroz Ahmed May 02 '19 at 08:06