include menu.php in index.html

[system]

i have tried hard to include menu.php in index.html but nothing is happen,

index.html code

Untitled Document <?php include("menu.php"); ?>

Welcome to my home page.

Some text.

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menu.php code

home|newPage|contactus

.htaccess code

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

plus i tried many other codes with php5 and a lot more stuff, but no thing is happening.
i also used it to install php server, but not.

what i do i am so depressed,
kindly sir help me in step by step please …

[Valkrider]

Try changing the double quotes around menu.php to single quotes. That is what works for me.

[richei]

Nothing to do with single or double quotes. You can’t include anything in an html file using php. Change index.html to index.php and it’ll work just fine.