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- <modulesynopsis metafile="mod_include.xml.meta">
-
- <name>mod_include</name>
- <description>Server-parsed html documents (Server Side Includes)</description>
- <status>Base</status>
- <sourcefile>mod_include.c</sourcefile>
- <identifier>include_module</identifier>
- <compatibility>Implemented as an output filter since Apache
- 2.0</compatibility>
-
- <summary>
- <p>This module provides a filter which will process files
- before they are sent to the client. The processing is
- controlled by specially formatted SGML comments, referred to as
- <dfn>elements</dfn>. These elements allow conditional text, the
- inclusion of other files or programs, as well as the setting and
- printing of environment variables.</p>
- </summary>
- <seealso><directive module="core">Options</directive></seealso>
- <seealso><directive module="core">AcceptPathInfo</directive></seealso>
- <seealso><a href="../misc/custom_errordocs.html">International Customized
- Server Error Messages</a></seealso>
- <seealso><a href="../filter.html">Filters</a></seealso>
- <seealso><a href="../howto/ssi.html">SSI Tutorial</a></seealso>
-
- <section id="enabling">
- <title>Enabling Server-Side Includes</title>
-
- <p>Server Side Includes are implemented by the
- <code>INCLUDES</code> <a href="../filter.html">filter</a>. If
- documents containing server-side include directives are given
- the extension .shtml, the following directives will make Apache
- parse them and assign the resulting document the mime type of
- <code>text/html</code>:</p>
-
- <example>
- AddType text/html .shtml<br />
- AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
- </example>
-
- <p>The following directive must be given for the directories
- containing the shtml files (typically in a
- <directive module="core" type="section">Directory</directive> section,
- but this directive is also valid in <code>.htaccess</code> files if
- <directive module="core">AllowOverride</directive> <code>Options</code>
- is set):</p>
-
- <example>
- Options +Includes
- </example>
-
- <p>For backwards compatibility, the <code>server-parsed</code>
- <a href="../handler.html">handler</a> also activates the
- INCLUDES filter. As well, Apache will activate the INCLUDES
- filter for any document with mime type
- <code>text/x-server-parsed-html</code> or
- <code>text/x-server-parsed-html3</code> (and the resulting
- output will have the mime type <code>text/html</code>).</p>
-
- <p>For more information, see our <a
- href="../howto/ssi.html">Tutorial on Server Side Includes</a>.</p>
- </section> <!-- /enabling -->
-
- <section id="pathinfo">
- <title>PATH_INFO with Server Side Includes</title>
-
- <p>Files processed for server-side includes no longer accept
- requests with <code>PATH_INFO</code> (trailing pathname information)
- by default. You can use the <directive
- module="core">AcceptPathInfo</directive> directive to
- configure the server to accept requests with <code>PATH_INFO</code>.</p>
- </section> <!-- /pathinfo -->
-
- <section id="elements"><title>Basic Elements</title>
- <p>The document is parsed as an HTML document, with special
- commands embedded as SGML comments. A command has the syntax: </p>
-
- <example>
- <!--#<var>element</var> <var>attribute</var>=<var>value</var>
- <var>attribute</var>=<var>value</var> ... -->
- </example>
-
- <p>The value will often be enclosed in double quotes, but single
- quotes (<code>'</code>) and backticks (<code>`</code>) are also
- possible. Many commands only allow a single attribute-value pair.
- Note that the comment terminator (<code>--></code>) should be
- preceded by whitespace to ensure that it isn't considered part of
- an SSI token. Note that the leading <code><!--#</code> is <em>one</em>
- token and may not contain any whitespaces.</p>
-
- <p>The allowed elements are listed in the following table:</p>
-
- <table border="1">
- <tr><th>Element</th><th>Description</th></tr>
- <tr><td><code><a href="#element.config">config</a></code></td>
- <td>configure output formats</td></tr>
- <tr><td><code><a href="#element.echo">echo</a></code></td>
- <td>print variables</td></tr>
- <tr><td><code><a href="#element.exec">exec</a></code></td>
- <td>execute external programs</td></tr>
- <tr><td><code><a href="#element.fsize">fsize</a></code></td>
- <td>print size of a file</td></tr>
- <tr><td><code><a href="#element.flastmod">flastmod</a></code></td>
- <td>print last modification time of a file</td></tr>
- <tr><td><code><a href="#element.include">include</a></code></td>
- <td>include a file</td></tr>
- <tr><td><code><a href="#element.printenv">printenv</a></code></td>
- <td>print all available variables</td></tr>
- <tr><td><code><a href="#element.set">set</a></code></td>
- <td>set a value of a variable</td></tr>
- </table>
-
- <p>SSI elements may be defined by modules other than
- <module>mod_include</module>. In fact, the <code><a
- href="#element.exec">exec</a></code> element is provided by
- <module>mod_cgi</module>, and will only be available if this
- module is loaded.</p>
-
- <section id="element.config"><title>The config Element</title>
- <p>This command controls various aspects of the parsing. The
- valid attributes are:</p>
-
- <dl>
- <dt><code>errmsg</code></dt>
- <dd>The value is a message that is sent back to the
- client if an error occurs while parsing the
- document. This overrides any <directive
- module="mod_include">SSIErrorMsg</directive> directives.</dd>
-
- <dt><code>sizefmt</code></dt>
- <dd>The value sets the format to be used which displaying
- the size of a file. Valid values are <code>bytes</code>
- for a count in bytes, or <code>abbrev</code> for a count
- in Kb or Mb as appropriate, for example a size of 1024 bytes
- will be printed as "1K".</dd>
-
- <dt><code>timefmt</code></dt>
- <dd>The value is a string to be used by the
- <code>strftime(3)</code> library routine when printing
- dates.</dd>
- </dl>
- </section> <!-- /config -->
-
- <section id="element.echo"><title>The echo Element</title>
- <p>This command prints one of the <a href="#includevars">include
- variables</a>, defined below. If the variable is unset, the result is
- determined by the <directive module="mod_include"
- >SSIUndefinedEcho</directive> directive. Any dates printed are
- subject to the currently configured <code>timefmt</code>.</p>
-
- <p>Attributes:</p>
-
- <dl>
- <dt><code>var</code></dt>
- <dd>The value is the name of the variable to print.</dd>
-
- <dt><code>encoding</code></dt>
- <dd><p>Specifies how Apache should encode special characters
- contained in the variable before outputting them. If set
- to <code>none</code>, no encoding will be done. If set to
- <code>url</code>, then URL encoding (also known as %-encoding;
- this is appropriate for use within URLs in links, etc.) will be
- performed. At the start of an <code>echo</code> element,
- the default is set to <code>entity</code>, resulting in entity
- encoding (which is appropriate in the context of a block-level
- HTML element, <em>e.g.</em> a paragraph of text). This can be
- changed by adding an <code>encoding</code> attribute, which will
- remain in effect until the next <code>encoding</code> attribute
- is encountered or the element ends, whichever comes first.</p>
-
- <p>The <code>encoding</code> attribute must <em>precede</em> the
- corresponding <code>var</code> attribute to be effective, and
- only special characters as defined in the ISO-8859-1 character
- encoding will be encoded. This encoding process may not have the
- desired result if a different character encoding is in use.</p>
-
- <note type="warning">
- In order to avoid cross-site scripting issues, you should
- <em>always</em> encode user supplied data.
- </note>
- </dd>
- </dl>
- </section> <!-- /echo -->
-
- <section id="element.exec"><title>The exec Element</title>
- <p>The <code>exec</code> command executes a given shell command or
- CGI script. It requires <module>mod_cgi</module> to be present
- in the server. If <directive module="core">Options</directive>
- <code>IncludesNOEXEC</code> is set, this command is completely
- disabled. The valid attributes are:</p>
-
- <dl>
- <dt><code>cgi</code></dt>
- <dd><p>The value specifies a (%-encoded) URL-path to
- the CGI script. If the path does not begin with a slash (/),
- then it is taken to be relative to the current
- document. The document referenced by this path is
- invoked as a CGI script, even if the server would not
- normally recognize it as such. However, the directory
- containing the script must be enabled for CGI scripts
- (with <directive module="mod_alias">ScriptAlias</directive>
- or <directive module="core">Options</directive>
- <code>ExecCGI</code>).</p>
-
- <p>The CGI script is given the <code>PATH_INFO</code> and query
- string (<code>QUERY_STRING</code>) of the original request from the
- client; these <em>cannot</em> be specified in the URL path. The
- include variables will be available to the script in addition to
- the standard <a href="mod_cgi.html">CGI</a> environment.</p>
-
- <example><title>Example</title>
- <!--#exec cgi="/cgi-bin/example.cgi" -->
- </example>
-
- <p>If the script returns a <code>Location:</code> header instead of
- output, then this will be translated into an HTML anchor.</p>
-
- <p>The <code><a href="#includevirtual">include virtual</a></code>
- element should be used in preference to <code>exec cgi</code>. In
- particular, if you need to pass additional arguments to a CGI program,
- using the query string, this cannot be done with <code>exec
- cgi</code>, but can be done with <code>include virtual</code>, as
- shown here:</p>
-
- <example>
- <!--#include virtual="/cgi-bin/example.cgi?argument=value" -->
- </example>
- </dd>
-
- <dt><code>cmd</code></dt>
- <dd><p>The server will execute the given string using
- <code>/bin/sh</code>. The <a href="#includevars"
- >include variables</a> are available to the command, in addition
- to the usual set of CGI variables.</p>
-
- <p>The use of <code><a href="#includevirtual"
- >#include virtual</a></code> is almost always prefered to using
- either <code>#exec cgi</code> or <code>#exec cmd</code>. The former
- (<code>#include virtual</code>) uses the standard Apache sub-request
- mechanism to include files or scripts. It is much better tested and
- maintained.</p>
-
- <p>In addition, on some platforms, like Win32, and on unix when
- using <a href="../suexec.html">suexec</a>, you cannot pass arguments
- to a command in an <code>exec</code> directive, or otherwise include
- spaces in the command. Thus, while the following will work under a
- non-suexec configuration on unix, it will not produce the desired
- result under Win32, or when running suexec:</p>
-
- <example>
- <!--#exec cmd="perl /path/to/perlscript arg1 arg2" -->
- </example>
- </dd>
- </dl>
- </section> <!-- /exec -->
-
- <section id="element.fsize"><title>The fsize Element</title>
- <p>This command prints the size of the specified file, subject
- to the <code>sizefmt</code> format specification. Attributes:</p>
-
- <dl>
- <dt><code>file</code></dt>
- <dd>The value is a path relative to the directory
- containing the current document being parsed.</dd>
-
- <dt><code>virtual</code></dt>
- <dd>The value is a (%-encoded) URL-path. If it does not begin with
- a slash (/) then it is taken to be relative to the current document.
- Note, that this does <em>not</em> print the size of any CGI output,
- but the size of the CGI script itself.</dd>
- </dl>
- </section> <!-- /fsize -->
-
- <section id="element.flastmod"><title>The flastmod Element</title>
- <p>This command prints the last modification date of the
- specified file, subject to the <code>timefmt</code> format
- specification. The attributes are the same as for the
- <code><a href="#element.fsize">fsize</a></code> command.</p>
- </section> <!-- /flastmod -->
-
- <section id="element.include"><title>The include Element</title>
- <p>This command inserts the text of another document or file
- into the parsed file. Any included file is subject to the
- usual access control. If the directory containing the
- parsed file has <a href="core.html#options">Options</a>
- <code>IncludesNOEXEC</code> set, then only documents with
- a text MIME type (<code>text/plain</code>, <code>text/html</code>
- etc.) will be included. Otherwise CGI scripts are invoked as normal
- using the complete URL given in the command, including any query
- string.</p>
-
- <p>An attribute defines the location of the document; the
- inclusion is done for each attribute given to the include
- command. The valid attributes are:</p>
-
- <dl>
- <dt><code>file</code></dt>
- <dd>The value is a path relative to the directory
- containing the current document being parsed. It cannot
- contain <code>../</code>, nor can it be an absolute path.
- Therefore, you cannot include files that are outside of the
- document root, or above the current document in the directory
- structure. The <code>virtual</code> attribute should always be
- used in preference to this one.</dd>
-
- <dt><code><a id="includevirtual" name="includevirtual"
- >virtual</a></code></dt>
- <dd><p>The value is a (%-encoded) URL-path. The URL cannot contain a
- scheme or hostname, only a path and an optional query string. If it
- does not begin with a slash (/) then it is taken to be relative to the
- current document.</p>
-
- <p>A URL is constructed from the attribute, and the output the
- server would return if the URL were accessed by the client is
- included in the parsed output. Thus included files can be nested.</p>
-
- <p>If the specified URL is a CGI program, the program will be
- executed and its output inserted in place of the directive in the
- parsed file. You may include a query string in a CGI url:</p>
-
- <example>
- <!--#include virtual="/cgi-bin/example.cgi?argument=value" -->
- </example>
-
- <p><code>include virtual</code> should be used in preference
- to <code>exec cgi</code> to include the output of CGI programs
- into an HTML document.</p>
- </dd>
- </dl>
- </section> <!-- /include -->
-
- <section id="element.printenv"><title>The printenv Element</title>
- <p>This prints out a listing of all existing variables and
- their values. Special characters are entity encoded (see the <code><a
- href="#element.echo">echo</a></code> element for details)
- before being output. There are no attributes.</p>
-
- <example><title>Example</title>
- <!--#printenv -->
- </example>
- </section> <!-- /printenv -->
-
- <section id="element.set"><title>The set Element</title>
- <p>This sets the value of a variable. Attributes:</p>
-
- <dl>
- <dt><code>var</code></dt>
- <dd>The name of the variable to set.</dd>
-
- <dt><code>value</code></dt>
- <dd>The value to give a variable.</dd>
- </dl>
-
- <example><title>Example</title>
- <!--#set var="category" value="help" -->
- </example>
- </section> <!-- /set -->
- </section> <!-- /basic elements -->
-
- <section id="includevars">
- <title>Include Variables</title>
-
- <p>In addition to the variables in the standard CGI environment,
- these are available for the <code>echo</code> command, for
- <code>if</code> and <code>elif</code>, and to any program
- invoked by the document.</p>
-
- <dl>
- <dt><code>DATE_GMT</code></dt>
- <dd>The current date in Greenwich Mean Time.</dd>
-
- <dt><code>DATE_LOCAL</code></dt>
- <dd>The current date in the local time zone.</dd>
-
- <dt><code>DOCUMENT_NAME</code></dt>
- <dd>The filename (excluding directories) of the document
- requested by the user.</dd>
-
- <dt><code>DOCUMENT_URI</code></dt>
- <dd>The (%-decoded) URL path of the document requested by the
- user. Note that in the case of nested include files, this is
- <em>not</em> the URL for the current document.</dd>
-
- <dt><code>LAST_MODIFIED</code></dt>
- <dd>The last modification date of the document requested by
- the user.</dd>
-
- <dt><code>QUERY_STRING_UNESCAPED</code></dt>
- <dd>If a query string is present, this variable contains the
- (%-decoded) query string, which is <em>escaped</em> for shell
- usage (special characters like <code>&</code> etc. are
- preceded by backslashes).</dd>
- </dl>
- </section>
-
- <section id="substitution"><title>Variable Substitution</title>
-
- <p>Variable substitution is done within quoted strings in most
- cases where they may reasonably occur as an argument to an SSI
- directive. This includes the <code>config</code>,
- <code>exec</code>, <code>flastmod</code>, <code>fsize</code>,
- <code>include</code>, <code>echo</code>, and <code>set</code>
- directives, as well as the arguments to conditional operators.
- You can insert a literal dollar sign into the string using backslash
- quoting:</p>
-
- <example>
- <!--#if expr="$a = \$test" -->
- </example>
-
- <p>If a variable reference needs to be substituted in the
- middle of a character sequence that might otherwise be
- considered a valid identifier in its own right, it can be
- disambiguated by enclosing the reference in braces,
- <em>a la</em> shell substitution:</p>
-
- <example>
- <!--#set var="Zed" value="${REMOTE_HOST}_${REQUEST_METHOD}" -->
- </example>
-
- <p>This will result in the <code>Zed</code> variable being set
- to "<code>X_Y</code>" if <code>REMOTE_HOST</code> is
- "<code>X</code>" and <code>REQUEST_METHOD</code> is
- "<code>Y</code>".</p>
-
- <p>The below example will print "in foo" if the
- <code>DOCUMENT_URI</code> is <code>/foo/file.html</code>, "in bar"
- if it is <code>/bar/file.html</code> and "in neither" otherwise:</p>
-
- <example>
- <!--#if expr='"$DOCUMENT_URI" = "/foo/file.html"' --><br />
- <indent>
- in foo<br />
- </indent>
- <!--#elif expr='"$DOCUMENT_URI" = "/bar/file.html"' --><br />
- <indent>
- in bar<br />
- </indent>
- <!--#else --><br />
- <indent>
- in neither<br />
- </indent>
- <!--#endif -->
- </example>
- </section>
-
- <section id="flowctrl">
- <title>Flow Control Elements</title>
-
- <p>The basic flow control elements are:</p>
-
- <example>
- <!--#if expr="<var>test_condition</var>" --><br />
- <!--#elif expr="<var>test_condition</var>" --><br />
- <!--#else --><br />
- <!--#endif -->
- </example>
-
- <p>The <code>if</code> element works like an if statement in a
- programming language. The test condition is evaluated and if
- the result is true, then the text until the next <code>elif</code>,
- <code>else</code> or <code>endif</code> element is included in the
- output stream.</p>
-
- <p>The <code>elif</code> or <code>else</code> statements are be used
- to put text into the output stream if the original
- <var>test_condition</var> was false. These elements are optional.</p>
-
- <p>The <code>endif</code> element ends the <code>if</code> element
- and is required.</p>
-
- <p><var>test_condition</var> is one of the following:</p>
-
- <dl>
- <dt><code><var>string</var></code></dt>
- <dd>true if <var>string</var> is not empty</dd>
-
- <dt><code><var>string1</var> = <var>string2</var><br />
- <var>string1</var> != <var>string2</var></code></dt>
-
- <dd><p>Compare <var>string1</var> with <var>string2</var>. If
- <var>string2</var> has the form <code>/<var>string2</var>/</code>
- then it is treated as a regular expression. Regular expressions are
- implemented by the <a href="http://www.pcre.org">PCRE</a> engine and
- have the same syntax as those in <a href="http://www.perl.com">perl
- 5</a>.</p>
-
- <p>If you are matching positive (<code>=</code>), you can capture
- grouped parts of the regular expression. The captured parts are
- stored in the special variables <code>$1</code> ..
- <code>$9</code>.</p>
-
- <example><title>Example</title>
- <!--#if expr="$QUERY_STRING = /^sid=([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/" --><br />
- <indent>
- <!--#set var="session" value="$1" --><br />
- </indent>
- <!--#endif -->
- </example>
- </dd>
-
- <dt><code><var>string1</var> < <var>string2</var><br />
- <var>string1</var> <= <var>string2</var><br />
- <var>string1</var> > <var>string2</var><br />
- <var>string1</var> >= <var>string2</var></code></dt>
-
- <dd>Compare <var>string1</var> with <var>string2</var>. Note, that
- strings are compared <em>literally</em> (using
- <code>strcmp(3)</code>). Therefore the string "100" is less than
- "20".</dd>
-
- <dt><code>( <var>test_condition</var> )</code></dt>
- <dd>true if <var>test_condition</var> is true</dd>
-
- <dt><code>! <var>test_condition</var></code></dt>
- <dd>true if <var>test_condition</var> is false</dd>
-
- <dt><code><var>test_condition1</var> &&
- <var>test_condition2</var></code></dt>
- <dd>true if both <var>test_condition1</var> and
- <var>test_condition2</var> are true</dd>
-
- <dt><code><var>test_condition1</var> ||
- <var>test_condition2</var></code></dt>
- <dd>true if either <var>test_condition1</var> or
- <var>test_condition2</var> is true</dd>
- </dl>
-
- <p>"<code>=</code>" and "<code>!=</code>" bind more tightly than
- "<code>&&</code>" and "<code>||</code>". "<code>!</code>" binds
- most tightly. Thus, the following are equivalent:</p>
-
- <example>
- <!--#if expr="$a = test1 && $b = test2" --><br />
- <!--#if expr="($a = test1) && ($b = test2)" -->
- </example>
-
- <p>The boolean operators <code>&&</code> and <code>||</code>
- share the same priority. So if you want to bind such an operator more
- tightly, you should use parentheses.</p>
-
- <p>Anything that's not recognized as a variable or an operator
- is treated as a string. Strings can also be quoted:
- <code>'string'</code>. Unquoted strings can't contain whitespace
- (blanks and tabs) because it is used to separate tokens such as
- variables. If multiple strings are found in a row, they are
- concatenated using blanks. So,</p>
-
- <example>
- <p><code><var>string1</var> <var
- >string2</var></code> results in <code><var>string1</var> <var
- >string2</var></code><br />
- <br />
- and<br />
- <br />
- <code>'<var>string1</var> <var
- >string2</var>'</code> results in <code><var
- >string1</var> <var>string2</var></code>.</p>
- </example>
- </section>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>SSIEndTag</name>
- <description>String that ends an include element</description>
- <syntax>SSIEndTag <var>tag</var></syntax>
- <default>SSIEndTag "-->"</default>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
- </contextlist>
- <compatibility>Available in version 2.0.30 and later.</compatibility>
-
- <usage>
- <p>This directive changes the string that <module>mod_include</module>
- looks for to mark the end of an include element.</p>
-
- <example><title>Example</title>
- SSIEndTag "%>"
- </example>
-
- </usage>
- <seealso><directive module="mod_include">SSIStartTag</directive></seealso>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>SSIUndefinedEcho</name>
- <description>String displayed when an unset variable is echoed</description>
- <syntax>SSIUndefinedEcho <var>string</var></syntax>
- <default>SSIUndefinedEcho "(none)"</default>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
- </contextlist>
- <compatibility>Available in version 2.0.34 and later.</compatibility>
-
- <usage>
- <p>This directive changes the string that <module>mod_include</module>
- displays when a variable is not set and "echoed".</p>
-
- <example><title>Example</title>
- SSIUndefinedEcho "<!-- undef -->"
- </example>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>SSIErrorMsg</name>
- <description>Error message displayed when there is an SSI
- error</description>
- <syntax>SSIErrorMsg <var>message</var></syntax>
- <default>SSIErrorMsg "[an error occurred while processing this
- directive]"</default>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
- <context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context></contextlist>
- <override>All</override>
- <compatibility>Available in version 2.0.30 and later.</compatibility>
-
- <usage>
- <p>The <directive>SSIErrorMsg</directive> directive changes the error
- message displayed when <module>mod_include</module> encounters an
- error. For production servers you may consider changing the default
- error message to <code>"<!-- Error -->"</code> so that
- the message is not presented to the user.</p>
-
- <p>This directive has the same effect as the <code><!--#config
- errmsg=<var>message</var> --></code> element.</p>
-
- <example><title>Example</title>
- SSIErrorMsg "<!-- Error -->"
- </example>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>SSIStartTag</name>
- <description>String that starts an include element</description>
- <syntax>SSIStartTag <var>tag</var></syntax>
- <default>SSIStartTag "<!--#"</default>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
- </contextlist>
- <compatibility>Available in version 2.0.30 and later.</compatibility>
-
- <usage>
- <p>This directive changes the string that <module>mod_include</module>
- looks for to mark an include element to process.</p>
-
- <p>You may want to use this option if you have 2 servers parsing the
- output of a file each processing different commands (possibly at
- different times).</p>
-
- <example><title>Example</title>
- SSIStartTag "<%"<br />
- SSIEndTag "%>"
- </example>
-
- <p>The example given above, which also specifies a matching
- <directive module="mod_include">SSIEndTag</directive>, will
- allow you to use SSI directives as shown in the example
- below:</p>
-
- <example><title>SSI directives with alternate start and end tags</title>
- <%printenv %>
- </example>
- </usage>
- <seealso><directive module="mod_include">SSIEndTag</directive></seealso>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>SSITimeFormat</name>
- <description>Configures the format in which date strings are
- displayed</description>
- <syntax>SSITimeFormat <var>formatstring</var></syntax>
- <default>SSITimeFormat "%A, %d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S %Z"</default>
- <contextlist>
- <context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
- <context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context></contextlist>
- <override>All</override>
- <compatibility>Available in version 2.0.30 and later.</compatibility>
-
- <usage>
- <p>This directive changes the format in which date strings are displayed
- when echoing <code>DATE</code> environment variables. The
- <var>formatstring</var> is as in <code>strftime(3)</code> from the
- C standard library.</p>
-
- <p>This directive has the same effect as the <code><!--#config
- timefmt=<var>formatstring</var> --></code> element.</p>
-
- <example><title>Example</title>
- SSITimeFormat "%R, %B %d, %Y"
- </example>
-
- <p>The above directive would cause times to be displayed in the
- format "22:26, June 14, 2002".</p>
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- <directivesynopsis>
- <name>XBitHack</name>
- <description>Parse SSI directives in files with the execute bit
- set</description>
- <syntax>XBitHack on|off|full</syntax>
- <default>XBitHack off</default>
- <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
- <context>directory</context><context>.htaccess</context></contextlist>
- <override>Options</override>
-
- <usage>
- <p>The <directive>XBitHack</directive> directive controls the parsing
- of ordinary html documents. This directive only affects files associated
- with the MIME type <code>text/html</code>. <directive
- >XBitHack</directive> can take on the following values:</p>
-
- <dl>
- <dt><code>off</code></dt>
- <dd>No special treatment of executable files.</dd>
-
- <dt><code>on</code></dt>
- <dd>Any <code>text/html</code> file that has the user-execute bit
- set will be treated as a server-parsed html document.</dd>
-
- <dt><code>full</code></dt>
- <dd>As for <code>on</code> but also test the group-execute bit.
- If it is set, then set the <code>Last-modified</code> date of the
- returned file to be the last modified time of the file. If
- it is not set, then no last-modified date is sent. Setting
- this bit allows clients and proxies to cache the result of
- the request.
-
- <note><title>Note</title>
- <p>You would not want to use the full option, unless you assure the
- group-execute bit is unset for every SSI script which might <code
- >#include</code> a CGI or otherwise produces different output on
- each hit (or could potentially change on subsequent requests).</p>
- </note>
- </dd>
- </dl>
-
- </usage>
- </directivesynopsis>
-
- </modulesynopsis>
-
-