httpd trouble

[Mark Weaver]

Craig Thomas wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 08:32 -0500, Mark Weaver wrote:
> 
>>so you're saying its better to have an AddType line for .html and .php?
> 
> 
> Yes.  
> 
> Why have the php engine process .html pages?  it will be slower as the
> http requests will _never_ be handled by just apache, but always passed
> to php additionally, even when no php code exists. [unless it's chached
> someplace of course...]
> 

I have the php engine processing .html pages so I can utilize that 
engine by embedding php within the .html pages. most of the time when 
I'm doing this it is to include or call for other pages in order to 
modularize certain aspects of a site.

EXAMPLE:

<div id="pagecell">

   <div id="header">
     <? include("header.html"); ?>
   </div>

   <div id="sidebar">
     <? include("menu.html"); ?>
   </div>

   <div id="content">
	...
   </div>

   <div id="footer">
     <? include("footer.html"); ?>
   </div>
</div>

Now I'm free to deal mainly with what goes in the content area; my 
header and footer is always the same on every page unless I call for a 
different page for those areas. If I happen to be developing a cookie 
based menu system for a site or web app that requires access 
restrictions based on user types I can use a php based menu system that 
does cookie checking in which case the menu page that gets loaded is the 
same file each time, but only shows what the user has access to on the 
menu. in which case menu.html would be menu.php.

using the php engine in this fashion I can embed small include 
statements or an entire block of full blown php - what ever pleases me 
or meets the need at the time and I'm not locked into making sure my 
extensions are all .php.

-- 
Mark
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