To include an SSI variable simply use the variable name in place of the you need to replace the type of data you want to display . This example with the variable's name. The example below shows how to implement the inbuilt #SSI_DATELONG variable to display the current date every time a page is requested.
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<HTML>
<BODY>
<H2>Welcome to my page. The date is 1 January 2012.</H2>
</BODY>
</HTML> |
This is clearly inappropriate because if a user requests your page on, say, 14 February 2013, the date will be incorrect.
So to force the web server to show the correct date, simply substitute the text for the For the data to change dynamically, substitute the data with SSI variable name, in this our case #SSI_DATELONG.
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<HTML>
<BODY>
<H2>Welcome to my page. The date is #SSI_DATELONG.</H2>
</BODY>
</HTML> |
If this When the page is now requested, it will look display as the one below:
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The result is that the variable #SSI_DATELONG was replaced by the text '21 September 2012'.