HTML pages truncated whenever SSI tag references PHP script

jwatson

I'm trying to incorporate a PHP nav-bar management script into an HTML site. I've configured Apache to process SSI tags in .html files, and have included the following SSI tag:

The php file is rendered correctly, but Apache is not sending any HTML that comes after the include tag.

This happens with any PHP file, regardless of length of output or whether there is even any PHP coding in the included page.

I can include HTML files without this problem. That is, I get the whole page when I try:

I'm wondering if somehow PHP is somehow ending the transmission, and if that can be prevented.

The system (yuck):
- Shared hosting on Interland (blue halo, linux)
- SSI enabled for .html files via .htaccess file in site root
- PHP version 4.1.2 (CGI!)
- Apache 2.0.44

Thanks for any insights,

Josh

Pig

Why are you using SSI to include a .php?!?

What's wrong with <?php include("path/to/file.php"); ?>

jwatson

I'm using SSI to include a PHP script for a navbar on an existing site. The site has been built and maintained with HTML-only pages. I'd like to avoid migrating the entire site to PHP in order to avoid:

Having to change all links in the text of pages
Having 404 errors b/c of new names (I know I can redirect to samefile.php w/ custom 404 php page)
Loosing search engine placement when indexed pages show only forwards or 404 errors
Avoid training HTML editing staff on how to work with PHP

I have to have the navbar in a PHP script b/c it is really a mini content-management system that dynamically creates the buttons, decides which sub-levels to show on any given page, and integrates w/ .htaccess files.

Thanks for any help,

Josh

ctimmer

The way you have set this up, the server doesn't know this is a PHP page (i.e. just plain html). Look at the souce in you browser - everything between <?php ... ?> is most likely being dropped by the browser.