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Server Side Include (SSI) | Back to main FAQ page |

What is Server Side Include?

SSI syntax and server-parse

Executing a CGI script inside HTML

Print last file modification

Include named file contents

What is Server Side Include?

A server-side include (SSI) is an embedded code in your HTML page that instructs the web server to do something prior to loading the page in the visitor's browser. SSIs can be used to include text from other files, display the date and/or time, show when the page was last modified, execute shell commands and CGI scripts, and more.

SSI syntax and server-parse

The basic syntax for a SSI is as follows:



This code goes in your HTML page, wherever you want the results of the SSI to appear. The SSI needs to be server-parsed to work properly. If you want the HTML file to be server-parsed, simply name it with the extension ".shtml" instead of the conventional ".html". You only want to set your HTML file to be server-parsed if you actually plan to use SSIs within it. Un-needed ".shtml" files can slow down a website due to un-needed server-parsing.

Executing a CGI script inside HTML

To execute a CGI script using an SSI, the syntax is as follows:



Print last file modification

To print the last modification of a named file on your webspace, there are two ways to do it:

 Names the file in the same directory
 Names the file relative to the web root

Include Named File Contents

To include the contents of another named file into your current HTML, there are two ways to go do it:

 Names the file in the same directory
 Names the file relative to the web root

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