Syntax Details for Server-Side Includes

• Basic syntax:

  <!--#command tag=”value”...-->

  • Like the <!--...--> comment tag.

  • # (pound sign) follows the second dash

  • No white space!

• Include a file (path relative to current document):

  <!--#include file=”copyright.html”-->

  <!--#include file=”std/disclaim”-->

• Include a file (relative to server’s document directory):

  <!--#include virtual=”/path/doc.html”-->

• Include a file (relative to user’s public HTML directory):

  <!--#include virtual=”~dsk/f.html”-->

• Show the size of a file:

  <!--#fsize file=”index.html” -->

• Show the date and time of last modification of a file:

  <!--#flastmod file=”stats.html”-->

• Include CGI variables:

  <!--#echo var=”DOCUMENT_URI”-->

AUTH_TYPE	PATH_TRANSLATED
CONTENT_LENGTH	QUERY_STRING
CONTENT_TYPE	REMOTE_ADDR
DATE_GMT	REMOTE_HOST
DATE_LOCAL	REMOTE_IDEN
DOCUMENT_NAME	REMOTE_USER
DOCUMENT_URI	REQUEST_METHOD
GATEWAY_INTERFACE	SCRIPT_NAME
HTTP_ACCEPT	SERVER_NAME
HTTP_USER_AGENT	SERVER_PORT
LAST_MODIFIED	SERVER_PROTOCOL
PATH_INFO	SERVER_SOFTWARE

• Run commands and include their output:

  <!--#exec cmd=”/htbin/script” -->

• Select a time/date format:

  <!--#config timefmt=”%d%m%y” -->

Field descriptors for the timefmt variable

%a	Displays the locale’s abbreviated weekday name.
%A	Displays the locale’s full weekday name.
%b	Displays the locale’s abbreviated month name.
%B	Displays the locale’s full month name.
%c	Displays the locale’s appropriate date and time representation (default).
%d	Displays the day of the month as a decimal number (01-31).
%D	Displays the date in the format equivalent to %m/%d/%y.
%e	Displays the day of the month as a decimal number (1-31 in a two-digit field leading space fill).
%h	Displays the locale’s abbreviated month name (a synonym for %b).
%H	Displays the hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number (00-23).
%I	Displays the hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number (01-12).
%j	Displays the day of year as a decimal number (001-366).
%m	Displays the month of year as a decimal number (01-12).
%M	Displays the minutes as a decimal number (00-59).
%n	Inserts a newline character.
%p	Displays the locale’s equivalent of either AM or PM.
%r	Displays 12-hour clock time (01-12) using the AM-PM notation; in the POSIX locale, this is equivalent to %I:%M:%S %p.
%S	Displays the seconds as a decimal number (00-59).
%t	Inserts a tab character.
%T	Displays the 24-hour clock (00-23) in the format equivalent to %H:%M:%S.
%U	Displays the week number of the year as a decimal number (00-53) counting Sunday as the first day of the week.
%w	Displays the weekday as a decimal number (Sunday = 0).
%W	Displays the week number of the year as a decimal number (00-53) counting Monday as the first day of the week.
%x	Displays the locale’s appropriate date representation.
%X	Displays the locale’s appropriate time representation.
%y	Displays the last two numbers of the year (00-99).
%Y	Displays the year with century as a decimal number.
%Z	Displays the time-zone name, or no character if no time zone is determinable.
%%	Displays a % (percent sign) character.

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