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Posted by Shazad Kazi
Shazad Kazi
10,758 Points

Benefits of using .html instead of .php?

I've been using php to code but I'm trying to now see the using the .html extension. As php seems to do what html does and also you to process back-end as well?

2 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

html is just a structured language, it's not a programming language. Any file with the .html extension will not be processed by the php parser. So you lose the ability to do anything php with the html extension

Nils Garland
Nils Garland
18,416 Points
Nils Garland
Nils Garland
18,416 Points

There are no benefits. There are more benefits with .php except the fact that you cant work locally unless you install an apache with php.