====== Apache - Configure - Configure Apache to treat files with HTML extensions as if they are PHP files ======

Create (or edit) the **.htaccess** file.

<file bash .htaccess>
AddType application/x-httpd-php .html
</file>

<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  This setup can also be added to the main Apache configuration file, httpd.conf.

  * The .htaccess file can be further customized to only make the configuration effective to one PHP file.
</WRAP>

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To setup only a limited number of html files, use the following format:

<file bash .htaccess>
<files filename.html>
AddType application/x-httpd-php .html
</files>
</file>

<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  The <files>, <filesMatch>, and <location> directives can be used.

  * A .htaccess file can be created in any directory within the document root, and when present the containing folder and sub-folders will inherit the configuration defined in the .htaccess file.
  * Another .htaccess file can be created in a sub-folder, and it will override the configuration defined by the parent configuration.

</WRAP>

<WRAP important>
**NOTE:**  One downside of setting up a web server to use html extensions for PHP scripts is performance.

  * Every HTML file will run through the PHP parser, and it will have a minor performance impact which will not likely be noticeable.
</WRAP>