Processing PHP in HTML Files

By default, the server only treats files with a .php or .phtml extension as PHP. If you need PHP code to run inside .html or .htm files as well, a quick .htaccess tweak is all it takes.

Setup

Open the .htaccess file in your site's root directory — or create one if it doesn't exist yet. Add the following lines to the top of the file:

# php -- BEGIN cPanel-generated handler, do not edit
<IfModule mime_module>
  AddType application/x-httpd-ea-php70___lsphp .php .php7 .phtml .htm .html
</IfModule>
# php -- END cPanel-generated handler, do not edit

This example uses PHP 7.0. To use a different version, swap out ea-php70 for the value that matches your setup:

PHP Version	Value
PHP 7.2	ea-php72
PHP 7.0	ea-php70
PHP 5.6	ea-php56
PHP 5.3	ea-php53

Here's how the same config looks for PHP 5.6:

# php -- BEGIN cPanel-generated handler, do not edit
<IfModule mime_module>
  AddType application/x-httpd-ea-php56___lsphp .php .php5 .phtml .htm .html
</IfModule>
# php -- END cPanel-generated handler, do not edit

Once saved, your .html and .htm files will be processed by the server just like regular PHP files.

Heads up: if you ever switch PHP versions through your dashboard or cPanel, you'll need to repeat this step and update the version value in .htaccess to match.