htaccess AddType question

[cd34]

Originally Posted by ponygirl

I have one directory with about 125 or so pages that I'd be needing the php on. Any new pages in that directory I would just do as php I guess.

I was thinking about just switching them to php anyway if I can do a global redirect or something since they're all in the same directory? I really don't want to have to redirect 125 pages separately, it sounds a bit messy.

personally, I would leave them as .htm or .html files and just parse them. No supported evidence behind it, but, a gut feeling that google prefers .html files over .php

If you wanted to redirect files, you could do it with mod_rewrite.

If you want to silently serve the .php as .html (and for some reason didn't want to parse .html)

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*).html$ $1.php [L]

If you wanted to 301 redirect the old content to the new page

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*).html$ $1.php [R=301,L]

Personally, I would just turn on php parsing for .html files in that directory and not worry about it.

[ponygirl]

Originally Posted by cd34

personally, I would leave them as .htm or .html files and just parse them. No supported evidence behind it, but, a gut feeling that google prefers .html files over .php

If you wanted to redirect files, you could do it with mod_rewrite.

If you want to silently serve the .php as .html (and for some reason didn't want to parse .html)

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*).html$ $1.php [L]

If you wanted to 301 redirect the old content to the new page

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*).html$ $1.php [R=301,L]

Personally, I would just turn on php parsing for .html files in that directory and not worry about it.

thank you |blowkiss| that's exactly what I want to do because it seems to be the easiest way.

[LD]

Originally Posted by cd34

personally, I would leave them as .htm or .html files and just parse them. No supported evidence behind it, but, a gut feeling that google prefers .html files over .php

If you wanted to redirect files, you could do it with mod_rewrite.

If you want to silently serve the .php as .html (and for some reason didn't want to parse .html)

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*).html$ $1.php [L]

So if you wanted a "page.php" to display as "page.html" to perhaps take advantage of Google's hypothetical preference, this would work?

Interesting thread...wish I understood more of this stuff...