Apache and Metacard
Pierre Sahores
psahores at easynet.fr
Wed May 21 04:18:17 EDT 2003
andu a écrit :
>
> Just figured out a little Apache2 fake embedding trick.
> Apache2 has a module called mod_include, here is what it says in the manual:
> "This module provides a filter which will process files before they are
> sent to the client. The processing is controlled by specially formatted
> SGML comments, referred to as elements. These elements allow conditional
> text, the inclusion of other files or programs, as well as the setting and
> printing of environment variables."
>
> The interesting part is that having something like:
>
> <!--#exec cmd="mc cgi-bin/test.cgi" -->
>
> or
>
> <!--#exec cgi="/cgi-bin/test.cgi" -->
>
> or
>
> <!--#include virtual="/cgi-bin/test.cgi?argument=value" -->
>
> can insert some processed data in an html reply just before it's sent to
> the client. There's probably more to it but you get the idea.
> Also it requires compiling Apache with the proper modules and some work in
> the config file but that's what manuals are for;-).
>
> Regards, Andu Novac
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Thanks for this very interesting alert, Andu ;-)
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Cordialement, Pierre Sahores
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