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I need some help setting up SSI on my 64 bit Win 7 computer running XAMPP.

My first issue is that when I rename my homepage index.shtml (from index.html), my browser gives me the "[an error occurred while processing this directive]" message where the SSI should go. I know it's not an issue with my coding, since I sent all of my files to a friend that also uses XAMPP, and the SSI worked fine on his server. Is there any edit I could make that makes this issue go away?

My second issue is that I am developing a website that utilizes SSI on almost every page. Therefore, I do not want to change all of my website extensions to .shtml. I was looking online, but none of the help I found was able to help me be able to parse .html files as well as .shtml file for SSI. Can somebody help me do this?

Thanks in advance!

AFAIK - XAMMP defaults to SSI working (and to make sure I just tested with a clean install)

the "It Works" index.html page now says:

It works!

index.shtml

So - First, I guess we should check if SSI's are enabled

go to the XAMPP page http://localhost/xampp and click Status - does SSI show as Activated?

if not check this line in \xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf to make sure its not commented out.

LoadModule include_module modules/mod_include.so

Also check this section to make sure Includes is there.

<Directory "C:/xampp-new-folder/htdocs">
...
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
...

</Directory>

Just another thought? do you have either a .htacess file in /htdocs OR are you using a vhost?

As for your seconf question, the Xbit hack probably won't work on Windows, so "I don't know!"

http://www.zytrax.com/tech/web/ssi.htm#overview

Good Luck

I tried what you said, and everything was as it should be. Perhaps I should add that the SSI had worked for a day or so before it started doing this. After that, I did a clean reinstall of XAMPP, and the problem still appears.

Its pretty strict code, perhaps an editign error broke it.

Did it stop working AFTER you sent the code to your friend? - prolly a syntax error. Have the friend send back the working files.

Good luck

My friend has sent me all of his files. They work fine, so I'm pretty sure that it's a server config problem. After all, the SSI is just one line in the HTML.

They work on your server?

you also never answered the question "does SSI show as activated" on the XAMPP status page.

Yes, it showed up as activated.

No, they don't work on my server. I should have clarified, sorry: They work fine on my friend's server, but not on mine.

Update: I installed normal Apache (not XAMPP), and I get the same trouble.

Well - I guess its NOT a server issue (as I have thought all along).

why don't you send me a PM, and we will see what we can do about figuring this out?

OK, I figured it out. It was a really stupid thing...

The SSI reference in my HTML started with a "/". I didn't know that that referenced to the server root directory, and that's where my friend put his files. Thanks for the help, though!