passing data to a shtml page that runs php from an include

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I am creating a page that uses server side includes so it as an extension like testpage.shtml

I am using php on this page through the use of an include like the one below

My problem is that I am having trouble receiving variable information from this page using the get method.

I am guessing this is because the testpage.shtml does not have a php extension.

Is there possibly another way that I can pass information on to this page.

This problem proving to be a nightmare so all suggestions big and small welcome

Thanks alot

dagon

why not stick to php includes? haven seen Server Side Includes used in anything for a few years.

123

Hey the reason being, because in order to use php includes i will have to give the page a .php extension and this page is very popular with users so re-name it will not be ideal.

dagon

you can keep the page name and still have it pass included php code

in .htaccess

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .html

will parse all html files as php, you can use FilesMatch if you only want to do it to one file

123

oh cool that is a really good idea.

I will give that a shot.

excuse my ignorance but this configuration setting will have to be done in the Apache conf file and not the php conf file???

bradgrafelman

With Apache, you could simply rename the file to .php and use mod_rewrite to redirect "xxx.shtml" requests to the "xxx.php" file, perhaps with a 301 HTTP status code as well.

EDIT: Nothing needs to be changed in httpd.conf if AllowOverride is enabled; just use a .htaccess file in the directory of the file instead.