Actually, I'm using two hosts, one is apache and the other is zeus but I'm slowly moving everything go the apache host. I'll try what you suggested. Although, I was wondering if you could link it like an external css file, something like link href=somefile.php Probably not, haven't tried that but I'll try your suggestion.
Thanks --- Joerg Aldinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike, > > there are several solutions to your problem. Here > are a few: > > ******** 1) Redirect visitors to the new page > To do this, create/modify a .htaccess file in the > directory where your old > page is and include the following line: > > Redirect permanent oldpage.html > http://yourserver.com/newpage.php > > This will tell Apache that oldpage.html is no longer > valid and > automatically redirect visitors to the new page. > Note: This only > works if your webserver is Apache, other webservers > probably have this > option elsewhere. See also: > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_alias.html#redirect > > ******** 2) Force PHP parsing of your old file > To do this, create/modify a .htaccess file in the > directory where your old > page is and include the following lines: > > <Location oldpage.htm> > ForceType application/x-httpd-php > </Location> > > This will force apache to process oldpage.htm as a > PHP file. See also: > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_mime.html#forcetype > > ******** 3) Force PHP parsing of all .htm files > This is similar to method 2, but you will need > access to your httpd.conf > file. Open it, and look for the line that says: > > AddType application/x-httpd-php .php > > and then simply add .htm at the end of it: > > AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .htm > > This will tell Apache to send all .htm files on your > server through the > PHP parser. It works, but performance-wise it is not > recommended to send > all files through the PHP parser. See also: > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_mime.html#addtype > > IMHO, I believe you should try these options in the > order given, but > depending on your needs you might go with another > option. > > Good luck with that... > > Joerg. > > PS: And yes, [? should be <?php and ?] should be ?> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 6:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP-INST] Need help putting a small pice > of code on an html page > > > On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 11:33:45AM -0800, Mike Young > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm new to the list and pretty new to php so > please > > forgive my ignorance. > > > > I came across a piece of php code to redirect > foreign > > countries to a page translated into their language > and > > I wish to put it on an html page. The page has a > > ..htm extension and I don't want to change it to a > .php > > extension because it's in search engines, traffic > > trades etc. But when I put it on my htm page the > code > > shows. I've pasted the code below, just as I found > it. > > > > My question: How can I make this work, after > editing, > > on a page with an htm extension without having to > > change it to a php extension? > > Also , i notice it begins [? and ends ?]. Should > that > > be <? and ?> instead. I assume it should go in the > > body of the page? > > > > As I said I'm pretty new to php so forgive the > > ignorance. Any help would be very much > appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > > > > here it is: > > > > PHP FILTERING CODE > > [? > $user_lan = $HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE; > > if($user_lan=='de') { > ## German > $redir_url = > "http://www.germanlanguagepageurl.com";; > > } elseif($user_lan=='fr') { > ## French > $redir_url = > "http://www.frenchlanguagepageurl.com";; > > } elseif($user_lan=='it') { > ## Italian > $redir_url = > "http://www.italianlanguagepageurl.com";; > > > } elseif($user_lan=='es') { > ## Spain > $redir_url = > "http://www.spanishlanguagepageurl.com";; > > > ## US traffic or Rest of world not defined above > } else { > $redir_url = "http://www.yourmainpageurl.com";; > > } > > header("Location: $redir_url"); > exit; > > ?] > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > -- > PHP Install Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- > PHP Install Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- PHP Install Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
