Include php from html

#1 July 17th, 2005, 12:54 PM

Hi - I have been asked to add a hit counter to a standard HTML page.
I have found a php script to implement the counter but need to show it
on the html page.
I cannot include a PHP in the html file can I? the web server will not
pre-parse a html file correct?

I would like to put the PHP hit counter on the web site that only
contains html files. Anyone have a good idea how I can do this without
chaning all the files to .php?

Thanks,
Luke Bellamy
Newcastle, Australia

#2 July 17th, 2005, 12:54 PM

It is most definitely possible to include a PHP counter in an HTML file
because I have been doing it for years. In my HTML file I include a link as
follows:

<p><img src="http://www.mydomain.com/counter.php?page=/whatever.html"
alt="counter" border="0"></p>

The PHP script 'counter.php' uses the 'page=' argument to identify which
document to count, then outputs the result as an image.

Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

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http://www.tonymarston.net

"Luke Bellamy" <bellamy_luke@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3cab9daf.0504281916.68454042@posting.google.c om...[color=blue]
> Hi - I have been asked to add a hit counter to a standard HTML page.
> I have found a php script to implement the counter but need to show it
> on the html page.
> I cannot include a PHP in the html file can I? the web server will not
> pre-parse a html file correct?
>
> I would like to put the PHP hit counter on the web site that only
> contains html files. Anyone have a good idea how I can do this without
> chaning all the files to .php?
>
> Thanks,
> Luke Bellamy
> Newcastle, Australia[/color]

#3 July 17th, 2005, 12:54 PM

*** Luke Bellamy wrote/escribió (28 Apr 2005 20:16:29 -0700):[color=blue]
> I would like to put the PHP hit counter on the web site that only
> contains html files. Anyone have a good idea how I can do this without
> chaning all the files to .php?[/color]

You can instruct the webserver to pass *.html files through PHP
interpreter. If you are using Apache you may be able to use an .htaccess
file (unless prohibited by sysadmin):

# For Apache 2:
<Files *.html>
SetOutputFilter PHP
SetInputFilter PHP
</Files>

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#4 July 17th, 2005, 12:55 PM

You could also display the counter in a frame or <iframe> on the page,
I've done it before, sorry I can't give you an example right now, I
havn't used frames in ages

#5 July 17th, 2005, 12:56 PM

On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:16:29 -0700, Luke Bellamy wrote:
[color=blue]
> I cannot include a PHP in the html file can I? the web server will not
> pre-parse a html file correct?[/color]

Of course you can. That is what <?php....?> is for. Rough template looks
like this:

<html>
<head>
<title>
<?php Requires, class declarations and alike?> </head>
<body>
<tag>
<?php action ?>
</body>
</html>

It is one of the biggest advantages of PHP that is freely mixable with
HTML. Otherwise, you could use perl instead.

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