4.2.2.1. Server Side Includes

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4.2.2.1.1. SSI commands
4.2.2.1.2. SSI server configuration
4.2.2.1.3. How to benefit from SSI

Server Side Includes (SSI) are directives, that can be included in web pages. The directives are able to execute applications or to read data from environment variables or files. They are executed on the web server so that the results are incorporated in the web pages before they are sent to the requesting client.

SSI directives follow to the format:

Even if the format looks like a comment in HTML, the hash character followed by the command indicates an SSI directive.