Well, my understanding of mod_rewrite is nonexistent (heck, I'm not even sure that's the correct name), but I believe you do the following. Write a php script to parse the file and output it with the added lines you want where you want them. Then setup apache/php to accept something like
http://www.yourserver.com/directory/phpscript/yourfile.html where <directory> is the path to where the files are located, <phpscript> is the php script (located (in <directory>)that parses the html files, and <yourfile.html> is... one of your HTML files. It's not ideal, but it will let you wrap something around existing HTML files without modifying them or their location. --- Wendell Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok guys, I think I have a challenge for you (actually, I don't > think > this can be done, but I've been proven wrong every time I've made > that > assumption with php in the past, so I'll ask anyway). Here's the > question: > > Is there a way to have php insert headers and/or footers into all > of > the html files in a given directory on the fly (not actually > modifying > the files)? And by this I mean take an existing valid HTML file > and > add headers and footers and end up with a valid HTML file. > > Now, before some of you get trigger happy and tell me to read the > manual and point me to things like .htaccess, auto_prepend_file, > google > and the like, think about what I'm really asking.... It needs to > insert the header after the -body- tag and put the footer in before > the > -/body- tag. It needs to do this without modifications to the HTML > file. > > And yes, I understand that by default HTML files aren't going to be > effected by the auto_prepend_file (since they aren't php files) - > so it > will require adding HTML to the list of php parsed file types. > > For instance, the goal would be to take the following code: > > -HTML- > -Head- > -Title-This is a test-Title- > -body- > > Well, did it work? > > -/body- > -/html- > > and convert it to this: > > -HTML- > -Head- > -Title-This is a test-Title- > -body- > -h1-This is a page header-/h1- > > Well, did it work? > > -h3-This is the footer-/h3- > -/body- > -/html- > > Can it be done? I don't think so, but I leave it up to your wiles > to > suggest a solution.... > > Thanks!!! > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > ===== Mark Weinstock [EMAIL PROTECTED] *************************************** You can't demand something as a "right" unless you are willing to fight to death to defend everyone else's right to the same thing. *************************************** __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
