Can I use both SSI and PHP on 1 page?

**MLWJ** · Jan 31, 2001 16:26

Before I start, if this is in the wrong forum or if this is a repeated question, I'm sorry... I'm new

Okay, I want to use PHP and SSI on my main page, but I was wondering if this is possible. And if it is, which extension do I use: .php or .shtml? If it is not possible, can I make it work through .htaccess? I have a couple PHP scripts that I would like to try out to replace current perl scripts that use SSI, but I also use SSI to incorporate my navbar, footer, etc. and would still like to use SSI in that way. If anyone knows if it's possible to use both SSI and PHP on one page, please help

Thanks in advance.

Mike

P.S. if there is any way to incorporate my navbar and other things using PHP instead of SSI, that could be good too. But I would prefer that I could call it from a text file just like I do with SSI. I'm a total newbie when it comes to PHP (and most other languages too) so I have no clue what exactly PHP can and can't do

**Elledan** · Jan 31, 2001 16:47

Replace all SSI tags with this PHP function:

<?php
include("path/to/file.txt");
?>

SSI and PHP can be used on one page, but then the server must be so configured that it looks in .php files for both PHP and SSI tags.

**diacono** · Feb 1, 2001 08:52

well i actually asked the same no so long ago.

what you could do is make apache parse excutables instead of *.shtml. but it only works if your running a *nix server and i can get complicated.

stick to php includes!

**htmletc** · Feb 1, 2001 21:49

This is kind of off the subject, but it has been bothering me for a while. Allright, I can include() a file in the same directory. I can also do it in the main directory of the file using the file path (from where the PHP is installed I'm assuming) such as "include("/home/webpage/www/file.php");" where "www" is the MAIN directory. However, between those two, I can't get to any files using include(). For example, if I have a folder in the main folder entitled "html," and I use the following "include("/home/webpage/www/html/file.php");" I get an inclusion error. Anyone know of a solution? I hope I was clear enough.

-Colin

**WebMasterAJ** · Feb 2, 2001 07:19

I get the same error when I tried it. Can anyone help us?

**Elledan** · Feb 2, 2001 10:53

Try:

include("/html/file.php");

**MLWJ** · Feb 3, 2001 09:36

Thanks for the help!

But after the post by htmletc, I saw that I get the same problem too when I try to require two files that my poll script needs. It only works when the two files are in the same directory. For example, the poll files are in the /poll directory of the main directory. In my page, I have these two items:

<?php require ("/poll/poll_header.php"); ?>

That is at the VERY top of the webpage (before the <html> tag)

<?php require ("/poll/poll.php"); ?>

This tag is where I want the poll to appear.

This is the error I get when I try to run my website:

Fatal error: Failed opening required '/poll/poll_header.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/MLWJ/public_html/main.php on line 1

BUT, I tried putting main.php in the same directory as the poll files (/home/MLWJ/public_html/poll) and change the paths to the files from /poll/poll_header.php to just php_header.php and from /poll/poll.php to just poll.php and it worked! But I don't want to run my main page from the poll directory or I don't want the poll files to run from my main directory. Is there any way I can get this to work properly? What am I doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated. I'm a total newbie to PHP, so please reply with some details because otherwise I won't know how to do it... hehe

Thanks in advance,

Mike

**TWTCommish** · Feb 3, 2001 10:25

I'm not sure, but check your permissions on those files.

**MLWJ** · Feb 3, 2001 10:58

Permissions are set to 755, but that can't be the problem because the poll script works when it is in the same directory as the poll files and they prob. wouldn't work if permissions weren't set correctly. Can the main page that calls the php be CHMOD to 644 or does that have to be 755 or something? I think it can stay at 644 because it runs and the php works when it is in the same directory as the files. I would really like to know what's wrong. I am totally baffled! Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Mike

**exbabylon** · Feb 3, 2001 15:42

It really depends on what you are using the PHP for...

If you go here:

http://www.beartoothbullets.com/tips/index.htm

That index.htm file has been up for ages, but my client needed me to convert it to a database format. So, people had the index.htm page bookmarked, as well as http://www.beartoothbullets.com/tips/

And it's a huge website, which was done all in static HTML (which is being fixed!) so to save time I configures my .htaccess for SSI to parse .htm pages. I then called in my SSI tag the PHP script, which makes my dynamic *.htm pages!

Give it a shot.... I promise it works!

**mingham** · Feb 3, 2001 19:25

I think php can do everything ssi can do, so just make everything in php

User Tag List

Thread: Can I use both SSI and PHP on 1 page?

Thread Tools

Display

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions