CGI SSI and Apache2

bcochofel has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, I have an index.html that includes files using the include directive from Apache mod_include. I have an header, menu and footer. What I want is to be able to include this files in a perl cgi script. How can I do this? I was trying CGI::SSI_Parser and using fssi($filename) but no good... I've tried:

use CGI::SSI_Parser; 

fssi("./header.html"); or
sssi('<!--#include virtual="./header.html" -->');
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I've also tried:

use CGI::SSI;

$ssi = CGI::SSI->new();

$ssi->include(virtual => './header.html');
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The code works great with my index.html file... I have XBitHack Full option under my httpd.conf apache

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Re: CGI SSI and Apache2 by olus (Curate) on Nov 27, 2006 at 12:49 UTC
Take a look at Template::Toolkit. It does what you want and alot more you don't know yet you'll need in the future. ----- olus	[reply]
Re: CGI SSI and Apache2 by perrin (Chancellor) on Nov 27, 2006 at 19:04 UTC
With Apache2, you don't need to use workarounds like this. It is capable of processing SSI in your CGI output. Look at the mod_include docs.	[reply]