Basic SSI Directives

All SSI directives have the format:

<!--#command parameter="value" ... -->

Each of the symbols is important; be careful not to forget the pound sign (#) or the dual dashes (--). Also, it is recommended that you place whitespace between the final arguments and the closing dashes to prevent it from being interpreted as part of an SSI argument.

Following is a list of the primary server-side directives, the parameters they take, and their function.

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