Best way to use SSI and PHP at the same time
 

i have a network of 31 sites. all of them use SSI on each page. I just got a script done to update the text easily but its a php script. what is my best solution? for ssi they have to be .shtml pages.

impossible, call your SSI from php system execs and then print out the content

in .htaccess
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .shtml

should work

maybe not.. i dont know .. lol :)

can you explain that in lamens terms?

Why? It's absolutely possible. For me, the following SSI directive works perfectly:
<!--#include virtual="_header.phtml" -->
where _header.phtml is a php3 script.

I do it all the time.

Php scripts do

<? virtual("/cgi-bin/script.cgi"); ?>

I prefer to run more php and do it that way when I need to run a cgi on the same page, but not all scripts work 100%

Me, too. But, I use .php instead of .phtml. Same thing.

This works for me. Add this to your .htaccess:

If you're using .shtml then you'll probably want to add that extention.

Call your script like this:

Another benefit is that you can run php files from html pages.