php and ssi together

[shen_kid]

how can i excute some php codes in a document with a .shtml extension?

i tried to do this in my index.shtml page,

<!--#include virtual="/includes/showinc.php" --> 

and

<!--#include file="includes/showinc.php" --> 

but my index.shtml just shows the source of showinc.php. it's not executed.

the strange thing is that i have this

<!--#include virtual="in.php" --> 

near </head>, and it executes.

do shtml files only allow you to do
<!--#include virtual="whatever" --> only once?

[NightCaster]

do shtml files only allow you to do

As far as I know, you can only use SSI commands on .SHTML files.

I am no pro programmer so don't blame me if I'm wrong

[Nbritte]

&lt!--#include virtual="/includes/showinc.php" -->

should work
or try
&lt!--#include file="/includes/showinc.php" -->
you can also make the server parse html and htm documents
by adding this to an htaccess file
AddHandler server-parsed .html
AddHandler server-parsed .htm

[dodo]

try the using 'exec' in php

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[shen_kid]

like how?

[dodo]

e.g

exec("someperlscript.pl parameters >/dev/null &");

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