PHP code not working?

[gnipun]

Hi,
I have some PHP code inside .html files, which was working fine until a couple of days ago.
Today, I noticed that all PHP files on my account were being downloaded. So, I had updated my .htaccess file to add 'AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .html .htm'. This prevented the files from being downloaded, but the code was NOT being executed (All PHP code was displayed as HTML).
I also noticed that if I didn't add 'index.html' to my site URL, it still caused the file to be downloaded. From another post, I added 'AddType text/plain .*' to my .htaccess file. This prevented the file download, but the the PHP code inside my HTML file is not being executed.
Is there something else I need to update?
Thanks!

 

[leafypiggy]

Why are you not just using .php? This is the cleanest way to resolve the issue. There is a separate addhandler rule for the new version of Apache.

 

[gnipun]

Hi, thanks for the quick reply.
I have a few pages that link to .html version of my site (and a lot of bookmarks). It would cause a lot of work updating everything. So, if possible I would really prefer to keep the HTML extension.
Would you happen to know what the addhandler rule is for this new version of apache?

Thanks!

 

[leafypiggy]

You could use mod_rewrite to rewrite .html links to matching .php files.

 

[gnipun]

Oh, right. I have done that.
Thanks! Appreciate your help!