SHTML including a PHP

[Anon]

I'm sure this has been asked several times, but I've yet to find a solution.

I've got a web page on a server that I am not administrating (meaning I can't change any of the configuration), and I'm trying to put a text counter on it. I have two PHP counters, both of which work perfectly as *.php3 files (.php doesn't want to execute).

The problem is, my page is fairly extensively done in SHTML. I've tried doing an [!--#include virtual="counter.php3" --], but I get the infamous "an error occurred while processing this directive" message. Renaming every file on my page isn't an option; if it were, I'd simply change all the SHTML files to PHP (well, that and the fact that I don't know PHP).

Is there any way I can simply include a text counter into my SHTML without a major overhaul?

Thanks,
Adam