SHTML Parsing

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Okay, I have a set of error pages (400 through 500) and they require the .shtml extension. However, this raises an interseting problem.

All of my pages rely heavily on php coding for their content. Due to the nature of the site, there is no way around this. What I need is a concrete way of either:

1. Parsing the shtml files with php

2. achieving the same effect, but a different way of doing things that doesn't include parsing the shtml files.
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   Now, ordinarily this would be easy.

   addtype application/x-httpd-php .php .php4 .php3 .phtml .shtml, or something similar.

   However, I do not have access to the apache inner files, as I am using a remote server, running

   Apache 1.3.28 (Unix),
   PHP 4.3.3
   And the problem part: cPanel 8.5.3-RELEASE 2

   Any further q's that you need answered to solve my prob, e mail me @m [e-mail]

   Any and all help appreciated!