Enable .html to be processed as .php

[gmackman]

Hi,

I always like to change the application/x-httpd-php entry so that that .html files are included.

My question is this, it mentions in my control panel that "you can not alter the system defined mime type values" but does that mean if I add a new custom entry for .html and configure it to use application/x-httpd-php that it will work?

If not, does anyone now how I can achieve my goal?

Many thanks in advance.

[Rock]

Originally Posted by gmackman

Hi,

I always like to change the application/x-httpd-php entry so that that .html files are included.

My question is this, it mentions in my control panel that "you can not alter the system defined mime type values" but does that mean if I add a new custom entry for .html and configure it to use application/x-httpd-php that it will work?

If not, does anyone now how I can achieve my goal?

Many thanks in advance.

Yes, the method you mentioned above will work If it throws any error, you can always make changes in your domain's ".htaccess" file to achieve your goal

[gmackman]

Hi Rock,

Thanks for the reply but it does seem to work if I add the entries to the .htaccess file or through the control panel. (The control panel updates the .htaccess file by the way)

I have tried the following with no success:
AddType application/x-httpd-php htm html

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

I wanted to test that it worked at all so tried the following test that did allow .gm to be parsed as html but is of no help to me.

Adding AddType text/html gm

I think it might be easier to add the entry into the httpd.conf file unless you know something else?

[Rock]

Hi,

Yes, you are right, there's a script in '/usr/local/cpanel/bin/' named 'update_php_mime_types' which is run automatically during several cPanel installations or updates. It will either update or remove PHP AddHandler directives in .htaccess files to three levels deep within users home directories. To prevent this update from occurring, create a file named '/var/cpanel/easy_skip_update_php_mime_types'.

If you are on a shared account, I'd recommend you to open up a ticket with our support dept to get your issue sorted out quickly. If you have a VPS or a Dedicated server [SSH access], you can get the .htaccess file chattr'd so that no changes are done to it even after the above mentioned [cPanel updater] scripts are run... Let me know if I can be of any further help..

[mephisto]

I don't know if mod_rewrite is available, but if so then you can set the handler with that

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.+\.html?)$ $1 [QSA,T=application/x-httpd-php]

[gmackman]

Thanks for all of your input, i will create a ticket as I am on a shared solution.

Thanks again.