help me- .htaccess basic question

I'm trying to have my host run php scripts on html files. I had no .htaccess file on my root, so I created a text file with this:

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

and put it in the root.

when I try to see my page, my browser DOWNLOADS the html file as if it was an application.

please tell me what I did wrong

Thanks!

 

That's one of the ways - do you have cpanel on that host ?
Actually I found another thread on this :
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=7584

 

Thanks, that fixed the download part, but the php script is not working. I'll keep trying. btw, the host is godaddy

 

I am not sure what pannel comes with godaddy but should you have apache handlers in it try adding it from there. Otherwise you can try one extension at a time like :

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