File extensions

I've checked tutorials but could not find my answer. I have an html page
which has one line of php in it slipped in between all my regular html
stuff. My server has told me that for it to work, I have to have the html
file end in .php. So, I renamed test1.html to test1.php and it worked. Is
that the case everywhere or could it just be my server? This is the first
time I have gotten output from any php coding...I was amazed it worked.
Yes, newbie to php. :)

Any comments welcome.
Thad


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