URL not ending with file name shows File Download dialog

[yoyo]

Hi there,

 

domain: http://yoyo.heliohost.org

cPanel username: yoyo

 

When I access my website as http://yoyo.heliohost.org then my web-browser shows a "File Download" Dialog but works fine if I access http://yoyo.heliohost.org/index.html. Same is the case for URL http://yoyo.heliohost.org/letsyo, works fine as http://yoyo.heliohost.org/letsyo/index.html. I want that if a fine name is not provided in the end of a URL then the web-server should automatically send the index.html file.

 

Another thing

In my HTML files I have embedded certain code (links) via PHP.

We can request the web-browser to process .html files as PHP files by adding the following line to .htaccess

AddType application/x-httpd-php .html

 

so that PHP tags embedded in HTML files can also be processed by the web-server before serving the requested HTML.

 

While this approach works fine with my other host it does not work here.

Try accessing http://yoyo.heliohost.org/letsyo/index.html, there should have been a top and side links bar. There is none.

Works fine if I rename my HTMLs with PHP code to PHP.

 

Please suggest the needful.

 

Thanks

Sukhjinder...

[Wizard]

Strange, if I go to http://yoyo.heliohost.org/index.html, it'll end up as a file download as well.

[Ashoat]

Your .htaccess file was at fault. I've moved it to a file called ".ht" and your site seems to be working fine now.

[yoyo]

Test Browser: K-Meleon 1.5

cPanel UserName: yoyo

Domain: yoyo.heliohost.org

 

Before renaming .htaccess to .ht (and adding some commands to it)

 

http://yoyo.heliohost.org/letsyo/index.html was working fine and http://yoyo.heliohost.org/letsyo/ was showing the "File Download" dialog. Now the behaviour is reversed.

 

Also I still don't know how to configure the web-server to process the PHP in my HTML files before serving them to the client web-browser. Hence all pages in the letsyo directory are showing up without the top and right links bar which are embedded via PHP code in my HTML pages.

 

I wish to move my website from my existing host to here.

 

The website should look like http://sukhjinder.cn and http://sukhjinder.cn/letsyo. My original host is migrating data to another server so the web-site shows the "Apache Test Page" sometimes. If you try visiting/refreshing the web-page a few times you might see how my site looks.

 

Thanks DJBob and everyone else.

Sukhjinder...

[mindstorm8191]

Yoyo, what are your access permissions on those files? The most common mode I use is 755. I don't fully understand how it works but it could be that. Can anyone else explain what all the modes mean?

[Ashoat]

http://yoyo.heliohost.org/letsyo/index.html was working fine and http://yoyo.heliohost.org/letsyo/ was showing the "File Download" dialog. Now the behaviour is reversed.

Both are working fine for me.

[yoyo]

Yes both (http://yoyo.heliohost.org/letsyo/index.html and http://yoyo.heliohost.org/letsyo/ )working fine for IE 6, FireFox 3 not K-Meleon 1.5

 

Now still looking for help on processing PHP code within HTML files. How can I request the Web-Server to process the PHP code before submitting it to the client Web-Browser?

 

Thanks

Sukhjinder...

[Ashoat]

Have the file end with .php and enclose your code in <?php and ?> tags.

[yoyo]

Have the file end with .php and enclose your code in <?php and ?> tags.

 

Thanks DJBob. Due to certain reasons I dont want to rename my files from .HTML to .PHP. I've included the PHP code within correct tags in my HTMLs.

 

I found another option by creating An Apache Handler in cPanel here.

I clicked on the "Apache Handlers" icon then typed in "application/x-httpd-php" for .html but nothing changed.

 

Any other suggestions?

 

Thanks...

[Ashoat]

Since adding handlers utilized the .htaccess file and I renamed the file earlier, the changes were not taking effect. Try adding "AddType application/x-httpd-php .html" to .htaccess in your public_html directory.

[yoyo]

my public_html dir already has .ht and .htaccess files. I tried adding the said statement to it but nothing changed. I guess .ht is disabling .htaccess.

 

Thanks

Sukhjinder...

[Ashoat]

Your .htaccess file is blank. Add the following to your .htaccess file.

AddType application/x-httpd-php .html