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Since I want to have PHP code run properly on my website, should I add
AddType application/x-httpd-php .html
to my htaccess file, or just change all of my *.html files into *.php files?
I’ve heard that changing the file extension to *.php causes the website to load slower, but I’m wondering if changing the htaccess file does the same.
Either way, the files will be passed through the PHP interpreter, making them ever-so-slightly slower than if they were plain HTML files directly served down. It’s the same process however you set it up. The difference in speed from plain HTML is going to be quite small unless you have a lot of dynamic PHP in there. Given that you are considering renaming existing files from
.htmlto.php, I suspect you don’t have much PHP code in there already (or any).So it doesn’t really matter which way you handle it.
However…
Leaving them as
.htmlhas the possible disadvantage that if you ever forget to setup this configuration, you could wind up serving raw PHP code to the browser, which might include your database connection details or other secrets.