PHP script not working in HTML file

Question

I\'m new to PHP. I installed XAMPP and have Apache running. I created helloworld.php in XAMPP\'s htdocs and got PHP to display in my browser. My question is, why does my PHP

Answer 1

Stop the apache service, then add one change in c:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf in the section by adding...

AddType application/x-httpd-php .html .htm  

Restart apache!

This looks like a big fat 'feature' in the current xampp distribution for win 32-bit.