Yes it can be done, using the auto-prepend feature call a script that turns output buffering on. Then in the auto-appended script read the buffer a manipulate ith with the automatic header and footer. Thus you modify the content only and achieve what you want without modifying the actual HTML file.
Cheers, Rob. -- .---------------------------------------------. | Worlds of Carnage - http://www.wocmud.org | :---------------------------------------------: | Come visit a world of myth and legend where | | fantastical creatures come to life and the | | stuff of nightmares grasp for your soul. | `---------------------------------------------' Wendell Brown 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