How do I have to configre XAMPP so that it executds in html documents?

Question

I am trying to have XAMPP's Apache execute <?php ... ? that is embedded in a HTML document:

<html>
<head><title>abc</title></head>
<body>

<?php
  echo("bla");
?>

</body>
</html>

However, the <?php ... ?> part is not "executed" and transferred to the browser verbatim.

I suppose there is a configuration file that I have to change so that the piece of php is executed.

i assume that you have called your file `something.php` and not `something.html` ? — JoSSte, Mar 29 '20 at 14:40
You can't run PHP in an html page ending with `.html` Change file extension to `.php` See the second link on top of your question. — , Mar 29 '20 at 14:51
@FunkFortyNiner Can they ? Didn’t know that they can Without htaccess. — , Mar 29 '20 at 14:55

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 29 '20 at 14:41

As far as i know XAMPP already includes PHP, but unless you end the script name with .php it is unlikely to be processed by the PHP engine.

If you are trying to use php inside .html file then try adding .htaccess file or changing apache config with the following line:

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .html

Or try the following,

Stop the apache service, then add one change in c:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf in the section by adding...

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

Restart apache!

Hope this will help.

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