for i in `ls *.html` do; \
  mv $i `basename $i .html`.php \
done

steve Phariss spoke forth with the blessed manuscript:
> I am trying to replace all instances of  .html to .php in multiple files 
> (same directory)  I have tried a few of the sed command scripts I found 
> on the web, but they do not seem to be working.
> 
> Thanks for any help with this simple problem  :)
> 
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