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Hi

I wonder what differs the many types of webpage extensions, like htm, html, shtml, phtml, cgi, php (or psp maybe).......

 

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The computer jargon almanac at the top of the forum might help.

 

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htm, html : usualy just normal html docs. but can easy contain other type of code like Java Script, php or cgi.

shtml: is a "secure" html page encrypted in some way

phtml: is proberly perl?

PHP: is a nice "programming" launage to create webpages
asp: is MS's "programming" launage for creation websites(me dont like)

 

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.htm/.html stands for HyperText Markup Language and the files usually consist of information that formats the page and text, and defines what information is sent first to a persons browser and how the browser should format the information.

.html can contain script elements that allow other languages to be used either Serverside or Clientside.

.shtml sometimes this extension will be seen, this means that a script language has been inserted preportionarily into a HTML document to input information in a HTML file at runtime (you just see a HTML file, not what the script says) These are Called "Server-Side Includes" (Thus the S in .shtml)

.php utilises a PHP library that has to be configured and loaded on a server, otherwise it will not work properly (or not at all)

.cgi Is a Generic extension that is assigned a particular filetype by a server, usually something like PERL can have the extension assigned. Usually PERL uses this extension for files that a user executes.

.pl is usually a PERL File, Most admin will try to get PERL to work with CGI extensions and then will make sure that .pl files are only executable internally (e.g. an outside user can run only CGI and internal users .pl)

.asp is an Active Server Page that is usually housed on a IIS Server, The types of script usually within this type of extension are VBScript (similar to the VBScript used for the actual windows environment) and I believe XML and ActiveX.

 

thanks for the info, though I haven't really figured out the exact definition (most possibly because I have only deal with html)

 

Extra question here, I just found a .cfm page. What's that doing?

 

.cfm files are ColdFusion scripts, Macromedia's server side product. It's a scripting language on the same order of PHP.