Chapter 4: Dynamic Content

Another popular extension of Apache server functionality is the use of dynamic web pages. Dynamic web pages are web pages that effectively write themselves based on user input or other variables. This chapter discusses several mechanisms for implementing dynamic content in Apache, including Server Side Includes, CGI, and scripting language modules.

• Introduction
• Server Side Includes
  • Enabling SSI
  • XBitCrack
  • SSI Keywords
• CGI
  • Enabling by Location
  • Enabling by File Type
  • Debugging CGI
  • CGI Environment Variables
  • Performance issues.
• FastCGI
  • Enabling FastCGI
  • FastCGIpcDir
• mod_perl
  • Compiling mod_perl into httpd
  • Creating a mod_perl DSO
  • Using mod_perl
  • Apache::ASP
• mod_python
  • Compiling
  • Installing
  • PythonDebug
• PHP
  • Installing PHP
  • Configuring Apache for PHP
  • Database Example
• Recap

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