Installing SSI mod_include 1

[thorby]

Hi All,

Apologies should read SSI mod_include

I understand I need to install the include module for Apache 2.2 in order to process my included pages like:

<!--#include virtual="something.html" -->

However, I do not know if there are additional apache files that need to be downloaded, where they should be stored or how to configure the apache httpd.conf.

Additionally, is there anything else I would need to make sure this feature works correctly?

Please note I am running everything locally.

Many thanks
Martin

 

[thorby]

After hours of searching I found the informative ricocheting.com

see

http://www.ricocheting.com/how-to-install-on-windows/apache

Here it is clearly explained how to configure Apache on windows to parse html and shtml with the include module.

First: ensure mod_include.so is included in the apache/.../modules folder.

Then edit the following lines in the httpd.conf (remember to backup the original httpd.conf, just in case)

remove # on line
#LoadModule include_module modules/mod_include.so
to read
LoadModule include_module modules/mod_include.so

This will add the mod_include.so to the apache configuration


Then edit the line
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
to read
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes

to enable Includes

Then remove # from lines
#AddType text/html .shtml
#AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
to read
AddType text/html .shtml
AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml

Save httpd.conf and restart apache

It may be overkill, just bad design on my part or just not needed , but I want Apache to parse html, shtml and htm documents referenced by the #include statement, so I have added the following lines in my httpd.conf

AddType text/html .html
AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .html
AddType text/html .shtml
AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
AddType text/html .htm
AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .htm

Many thanks ricocheting.com

 

[Noway2]

Welcome to Tek Tips!

By the way. thank you for posting the solution that you found. It might help someone else in the future.