Apache/Perl Include Virtual Directive

[Guest_imported]

OK i used to use a script that was run by using <!-- include virtual blah
blah blah --> in the html.
Now I have just installed a new Linux/Apache web server and it won't execute
this script but it does execute others that are ran in the 'usual' fashion.
I realise (should that be hope?) that this is a simple configuration issue,
can anyone tell me where to enable support for this kind of script
execution.

Thanks in advance!!

 

[ttest]

Maybe you didn't enable server-side-include module in your httpd.conf file. Just look for the following lines and remove the comment (#):

LoadModule includes_module lib/apache/mod_include.so
AddModule mod_include.c

AddType text/html .shtml
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml

Also make sure you add the 'Includes' to your root document directive:

<Directory &quot;your/root/path&quot;>
Options Includes
</Directory>

Make all these changes and restart Apache. It should work.


ttest
thum@starwarsfan.com

 

[Guest_imported]

All these are enabled and it still doesn't work. Still just shows up <!--#include virtual=&quot;/cgi-bin/ip.cgi&quot; --> in the page source instead of the output of that script.

 

[ttest]

Is your file saved as .shtml? The following line specifies that apache should only parse those files ended with .shtml

AddHandler server-parsed .shtml

If your files are saved as .html, you can either rename your files to .shtml OR (if that is a lot of work) just change the above line to

AddHandler server-parsed .html


If it is not the filename, then maybe you can look for a .htaccess file in your web root directory. If there is a .htaccess file, edit it and see if it contains any <Directory> command in it. Just add the 'Includes' into the 'Options'.

ttest
thum@starwarsfan.com