Using PHP in SHTML pages? Is it possible?

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    I want to try running Text-Ad-Links on my site at http://thenextbigwebthing.com - I didn't realise that the pages needed to be PHP when I made the site so now everything is SHTML (as it uses includes) - Is there any way to make .shtml pages use PHP code on the page without renaming the extensions? Its a Linux server the site's running on. Any advice appreciated. :)
     
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  2. mad4

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    If you can use includes then just include a php file with your code in it.
     
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    what the heck is SHTML?
     
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  4. Dio

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    SHTML is HTML with added server side includes. So yo can just have one include file to edit on your page and it changes sitewide. Nice and easy. :) SSIs only work when the page is .shtml normally.
     
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    Ok, I got it, the way to do it is to create an include called /path/ads.php, and put the php code in there. Then, all you need to do on the SHTML page is include it like so: <!--#include virtual="/path/ads.php" --> and it works fine. :)
     
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