what the hell are php files, and why have my skins turned into them?

[Enforcer57]

ok, a bunch of skins i had in my documents suddenly turned into php files, which my computer cant figure out. I also tried to dnload some rar skin files from warcry,

[Rattler]

Do you use any of the following programs? They use .php extensions...

PHP Presentation

[Friar]

try right clicking on the file name and selecting "open with" scroll through the list to the program you would usually use, this will re-assign it i believe.

[B16Enk]

Ooer, still got this problem m8?

[Enforcer57]

Sometimes I still do, just depends. Rattler and I discussed this on TS right after he made his suggestion, but I never could get it to stop. He just emailed me the skin i needed. However, in this case, the rar dnload seemed to have a few complications you normally dont see when getting these things. It only happens on some dnloads from some places it seems. Now why it would turn a bunch of skins into these things after I dnloaded them, I dunno. It only affects some, not all. We went thru dnloading and trying to activate them, but at a particular point, my rig went out on a tangent. We dunno.

I don't use any of the above programs, and I have PS Elements which i use alot and which supposedly recognizes this format, but even it can't open them. Ive used the pulldown list, but nothing can see them. truly strange.

[BBloke]

It sounds as though it could be some kind of screw up at their end.

[Rattler]

Problem is, Chris, that I can download and open the file after ne-naming it from the same source that Carl is using. It puts *.rar%20 on the extension, which we get rid of, and then it opens fine for me.

It seems to be his computer's problem...

[BBloke]

Mmmm.. do you have the website for it.

[Rattler]

Mmmm.. do you have the website for it.

[BBloke]

Oh man.. thats so funny... there is something wrong with the files that were uploaded.