What is phtml and when should I use a phtml extension rather than php

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I m wondering what the difference between  phtml and  php files is  and when to use one over the other

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phtml was the standard file extension for PHP 2 programs   php3 took over for PHP 3  When PHP 4 came out they switched to a straight  php   The older file extensions are still sometimes used  but aren t so common

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phtml files tell the webserver that those are html files with dynamic content which is generated by the server    just like  php files in a browser behave  So  in productive usage you should experience no difference from  phtml to  php files

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It is a file ext that some folks used for a while to denote that it was PHP generated HTML  As servers like Apache don t care what you use as a file ext as long as it is mapped to something  you could go ahead and call all your PHP files  jimyBobSmith and it would happily run them  PHTML just happened to be a trend that caught on for a while

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To give an example to what Alex said  if you re using Magento  for example   phtml files are only to be found in the  design area as template files  and contain both HTML and PHP lines  Meanwhile the PHP files are pure code and don t have any lines of HTML in them

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There is usually no difference  as far as page rendering goes  It s a huge facility developer-side  though  when your web project grows bigger   I make use of both in this fashion     PHP Page doesn t contain view-related code  PHTML Page contains little  if any  data logic and the most part of it is presentation-related

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You can choose any extension in the world if you setup Apache correctly   You could use  html to do PHP if you set up in your Apache config    In conclusion  extension has nothing to do with the app or website itself  You can use the one you want  but normaly  use  php  to not reinvent the wheel   But in 2019  you should use routing and forgot about extension at the end   I recommend you using Laravel   In answer to  KingCrunch  True  Apache not use it by default but you can easily use it if you change config  But this it not recommended since everybody know that it not really an option    I already saw  html files that executed PHP using the html extension

[file-extension] What is phtml, and when should I use a .phtml extension rather than .php?

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