Why doesn't Wordpress allow my PHP code?

[The Noob Coder]

I was using PHP to try and include a small snippet of HTML contained in an external file on my server. This is the line that I coded in:

PHP Code:

<?php include("path_to_file/file_name.html"); ?>

When I loaded the page, nothing was there. So I decided to open up the error console on Chrome. What I found was that my line of PHP was commented out:

<!--<?php include("path_to_file/file_name.html"); ?>-->

Since I and the CMS (Wordpress) are the only ones that control the code on my site, I figured it had to be WP that commented it out. Why did it do that? How can I stop it from commenting out my PHP?

I know for a fact that most of the content on WP is generated via PHP, if you look at the obscure backend WP files that are used to build the site so it doesn't make much sense to me.

[Keleth]

Did you enter this into the WYSIWYG or into the file itself?

[The Noob Coder]

Originally Posted by Keleth

Did you enter this into the WYSIWYG or into the file itself?

I am editing in the HTML view. I never use the WYSIWYG Visual editor.

[The Noob Coder]

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[Wuteverx1972]

By default, wordpress will not allow php scripts in the html editor. You can manually input the php script by actually editing the page template or you can download a plugin for wordpress to allow php scripts to be executed using the html editor.

WP PHP Plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/shortcode-exec-php/

[The Noob Coder]

Originally Posted by Wuteverx1972

By default, wordpress will not allow php scripts in the html editor. You can manually input the php script by actually editing the page template or you can download a plugin for wordpress to allow php scripts to be executed using the html editor.

WP PHP Plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/shortcode-exec-php/

Thanks. I think this will work.