enabling php in html files with .htaccess

[Glen_S]

Not sure about local servers, but on my web servers I had to place it OUTside the root dir. One server it didn't work unless it was inside the root, the other it had to be outside.

Worth a shot I guess..

OHH.. one other thought... you said you downloaded the latest version of php... would that be php5? If so your ,htaccess needs to have php5 added to the lines.

It is php5, so where in the line would you have php5?

like this?
AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .php .htm .html
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .html .php .htm

I tried that, still doesn't parse the php code in the html page.

I'm curious, when you said your .htaccess file would only work outside the root, was it then in the same dir as your pages?

[BLiZZaRD]

no it was on level with root:

htaccess file
root folder --> folders -->html pages & subfolders

Try adding this to it:

AddHandler php-script .php .php5 .php4 .php3 .html .htm .phtml