On 21 Oct 2001, at 23:33, Mike Taylor wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jim barchuk" <jb(at)jbarchuk.com>
> >
> > But this is starting to sound a little odd. Actually I don't quite
> > understand why you're trying to do this. Once you're under php you're free
> > to do anything you want. You can do your own 'includes' at the php script
> > level, no? No need for any other server process other than that.
> 
> It probably sounds odd due to my ignorance.  My experience with PHP thus far
> has been limited to a few things, such as the strstr() function, echo,
> simple arrays and some basic browser detection.
> 
> My other .html pages have an include executing a CGI script called
> "logger.cgi" that tracks user traffic.   It's a great script written in Perl
> by Alan Fraser (http://w3.one.net/~a_fraser/source/source.html) that I've
> been using for years.  I have one or two PHP pages on my site, the first of
> which is the homepage, but it's also a page I wanted to add the "logger"
> script to.  I'm also using the strstr() function for another purpose, so I
> felt it necessary to have both the ability for the include file to execute.

as far as i understand your problem, you just have to use
<? virtual ("path_to/logger.cgi"); ?>
in your php files to include/execute your cgi script;
no need to fumble with .htaccess.

hth, eric

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