I can't get server side includes to work. I simply want to include one html file into another and I just can't seem to get it working
The server is a another machine (not localhost) running Windows XP. I've got a slighly older version of the xampp stack which is running only Apache/2.2.11
Virtual directory (in httpd-vhosts.conf) is configured as
<Directory "c:\www\dev1"> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI AllowOverride All Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory>
index.html contains
A Big Block of Text<br />
A Big Block of Text<br />
<!-- #include file="test.shtml" -->
A Big Block of Text<br />
A Big Block of Text<br />
test.shtml contains
This is another line
From the browser on my dev machine, www.dev.com/index.html shows
A Big Block of Text<br />
A Big Block of Text<br />
A Big Block of Text<br />
A Big Block of Text<br />
Read through a bunch of posts both here on stackoverflow and the internet and its helped "build" the basics for getting this to work (ie make sure Options has Includes enabled) but it still isn't working.
Changed
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI to
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes +Include ExecCGI to
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks +Includes ExecCGI
with an apache restart and it still doesn't work
Added .htaccess to the same directory as index.html and test.shtml
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
AddType text/html .shtml
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
and it still doesn't work.
Note. http.conf already has
AddType text/html .shtml
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
enabled.
Yes, it is probably something real obvious but I've got a cold so if somebody could point me in the right direction, that would be greatly appreciated.
Change include file to include virtual
I tried the suggestion by RichieHindle and it didn't seem to work and I've modified both my .htaccess and virtual directory configuration to include required combinations of AddType, AddHandler for both .html and .shtml ... still nothing
BIG NOTE: On the webserver, one can load a SSI checking webpage (via localhost in one of the xampp install directories) and it tells me that SSI includes are enabled and working, however, please note that my virtual directories are NOT in the xampp install directories; they are standalone under c:/www ... but I can't figure out how/why this makes a difference if I've configured the options outlined above in my virtual directory settings and/or .htaccess settings
Do you need:
AddHandler server-parsed .html
?
Your HTML file is named index.html but you're only applying server-parsed
to .shtml files.