what's wrong with this include statement that

Question

<?php

    include("articles/article_6.html");
?>

i wanted the article to be posted on my website but it gives the error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'version' (T_STRING) in /opt/lampp/htdocs/white_coats/articles/article_6.html on line 1

Answer 1

article_6.html has no php tags. its just a word file that was saved in .html so that it could be displayed on the website. it's just an article with some pictures.

Then you don't include it. You read it's contents and print em. Include statements are nearly always for code includes and not plain html or text content.

echo file_get_contents("articles/article_6.html");