Very confused on how to put PHP code into HTML

Question

I have a HTML file that contains this code

<head></head>
<body class="page_bg">
Hello, today is <?php echo date('l, F jS, Y'); ?>.
</body>
</html>

and I am wondering why when I run it only says "Hello today i". Without the date. After some research I saw I had to add a .htaccess file with the code AddType application/x-httpd-php .html inside, yet it still only writes "Hello today is ." did I save the .htaccess filethe wrong place or is it something else?

I saved it in in a folder called PHP and HTML test the HTML file and the .htaccess file are both in the same place. I installed PHP with XAMPP.

How are you accessing the file, via alocal url: `http://localhost/some-folder/page.html` oir file path `c:\user\qwertykey\some-folder\page.html`? You need to use the former — Steve, May 30 '17 at 12:50
So are you accessing a url or a filepath?? What does the address bar in your browser contain — Steve, May 30 '17 at 12:52
Save this file as .php and store in your `htdocs` folder, then access it as `localhost/filename.php` — Rotimi, May 30 '17 at 12:53
By default `C:\xampp\htdocs` - it's what's known as the *document root* - you can set it to anything you like once you know your way around Apache conf files. — CD001, May 30 '17 at 12:56
@ Akintunde i put http://localhost/index.php into the browser and it didn't work — Qwertykey, May 30 '17 at 12:57
`http://localhost/index.php` will point to *document root* > index.php ... probably `C:\xampp\htdocs\index.php` - is that where your file is (since you stated *"I saved it in in a folder called PHP and HTML test"*) — CD001, May 30 '17 at 13:00
You need to install it then load it up, yes. It gets Apache (and MySQL) running - without which you've got no web server. — CD001, May 30 '17 at 13:04

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Make sure your file is saved as .php then run the file through a server. Php cannot run any other way. I use Webstorm which simplifies the process but a quick google search can show you how to setup a localhost server through PHP. Something like php -S localhost:8000 would work, just make sure your PATH (if on windows) has the installation path to PHP.

answered May 30 '17 at 13:00

MightyChubz

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*Technically* `AddType application/x-httpd-php .html` *should* tell the server to treat `.html` files as PHP so you'd not need to rename it to `.php` ... I'd argue that's bad practice mind as it means Apache has to use the PHP interpreter on bog standard HTML pages but that's beside the point. – CD001 May 30 '17 at 13:02

Very confused on how to put PHP code into HTML

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