Thread: php, how to call a php file from a html file

I am wondering if you can help me.

I have a simple html site and I need to include a php file into html site.

The php file is infact a form.

thanx

The only way to use JavaScript to redirect the page to the PHP file.

I've designed a html webpage in dreamweaver. And I've also done the php coding in a separate .php file. In my html page, I used <form action="file.php" method="post"> so, why doesn't the php work? Is there any way where I can retrieve values from textbox without using get or post or session? How can I do that?

The "action" property actually define the page that will handle the submitted data, GET or POST. When you submit the form the HTML page will be redirected to the action url. So without submitted data it is same as clicking a link to open the page "file.php".
You only can retrieve data by using GET or POST. But if you require not to reload the current page you can do it in two ways.
1. Using AJAX technology;
2. Using iFrame.
The following two articles will be helpful for you.
Ajax post data example and AJAX file upload using iframe

use:
include("file.php");
require("file.php");
<form name="input" action="file.php" method="post"> ... </form>

you are call the php filein html file throught link. and you may call php file in php file throught include() ...