I can't figure out why these conversations keep going on. I thought the answer was solved with Jeroen Geilman's answer. My answer was slightly off. On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Stormy <stormy22@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 07:06 PM 7/30/2011 +0100, Mark Rousell wrote: >> >> On 30/07/2011 18:43, Jeroen Geilman wrote: >> >>> So, why does a simple file with phpinfo() work and an html page with >> >>> an >> >>> include "xyz.php" NOT render the page as desired in the browser???? >> >>> It just >> >>> ignores the include. >> > >> > HTML does not have an "include" directive. >> > Please don't confuse PHP with HTML. >> >> As an aside and for the avoidance of doubt, whilst they are not strictly >> part of HTML, > > SSI are *text* in a format that can be interpreted by an HTML client. > >> Server Side Includes (which include a #include directive) >> are commonly available to plain HTML on many servers. > > If php "includes" as output from the server (SSI) anything that cannot be > parsed as HTML [or as HTML parsable script, js etc] by the client (browser) > then it will not be "render[ed ...] as desired in the browser????" which was > the question in this thread. > > "Servers" can send anything, invalid text/html from a php script, whatever > ... if the client browser cannot parse|interpret the content it is doomed to > failure. > > Best - Paul > > Tired old sys-admin > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- ---------------------------------------------- "May the Source be with you." --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx