How can I execute PHP code on my existing myfile.html page?

When a web page is accessed, the server checks the extension to know how to handle the page. Generally speaking if it sees a .htm or .html file, it sends it right to the browser because it doesn’t have anything to process on the server. If it sees a .php extension (or .shtml, or .asp, …

Highlight PHP and JavaScript Code with PHP

PHP has a cool function that automatically highlights PHP code called highlight_string();Theoretically this could be used to roll your own code highlighting on a site, rather than rely on JavaScript or some kind of external service to do it. In this article I’ll show you the basics of how it works, then extended it with …