Hi
A newbie(?) question: is correct use ".inc" at final of files for php? I saw some pages and tried in my server this question.
I found it inside a thread copied bellow.
Best, Claudio
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 06:39:22 +0000, Phester wrote:
If a file has a .inc extension, or if it has a .inc.php extension, is it treated differently by the php interpreter? Or is it just a convention?
I've been calling my included files filename.php and it doesn't seem to hurt anything. Is it wrong to do that?
..php (by default) is the normal extension for files.
..inc was (/ still is?) used normally for files being used in include() or require() calls that reside on a remote server. Including a .php file from a remote server causes problems as it's retrieved as a parsed file, so you only retrieve the HTML output, rather than the PHP code you really want. As .inc isn't normally assigned in the server configuration, this will normally return as a text/plain file, meaning that all the PHP code is available when included.
I've never needed to use .inc files personally for remote retrieval, some seemed to use it in the earlier days for files include()d regardles of them being local or remote.. personally I prefer .php wherever I can to prevent accidental viewing of code.
Regards, Ian