SE and PHP Question

[thonglife]

Do the major search engines crawl .php pages just like they would .html? I've never elevated a .php page until today and don't know. I was once told that having your index page setup as .htm could screw some of the bots up. So now I don't know about .php

[Xeno]

They do yes....however, if pages are php but created dynamic on the fly...there can be issues, especially for those with the variables like a (?) in the URL...eg:
http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=480309

Generally, if your site dynamically creates its pages in php, its best to use mod_rewrite if its supported with your site and web host. If you build these pages in php (or even asp), as long as it's not dynamic (created on the fly) you should be fine.

SE's prefer html pages always and the less scripting, flash, or dynamic content the better...sounds boring I know but they still thrive on the basics.

[Yahook]

I think there are no difference

[Kevsh]

They do yes....however, if pages are php but created dynamic on the fly...there can be issues, especially for those with the variables like a (?) in the URL...eg:
http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=480309

Generally, if your site dynamically creates its pages in php, its best to use mod_rewrite if its supported with your site and web host. If you build these pages in php (or even asp), as long as it's not dynamic (created on the fly) you should be fine.

SE's prefer html pages always and the less scripting, flash, or dynamic content the better...sounds boring I know but they still thrive on the basics.

What he said, but let me add that if you have to use dynamic pages do NOT use *.php?ID=* (ie. http://www.mysite.com/user.php?ID=joeblow). Googleguy has confirmed that many times they will just skip ID= as their bot will think it's a session or user ID.