299746 - Code for non-standard server-side include file extensions do not display in the page's source

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Toolkit :: View Source, defect)

Description

[Mark]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

View the source for http://www.pga.com/cpc/2005/.  There is an include for the
file "home_course.incl".  That file is processed correctly by the server and
client, but the code does not display.  Other .html files are processed
correctly.  I know this because I work for pga.com and the pre-processed code
has .html includes.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to http://www.pga.com/cpc/2005/
2. View the souce
3. Search for "home_course.incl"

Actual Results:  
<!--include file="/cpc/2005/includes/home_course.incl"--> displays in the view
source and not the actual processed code.

Expected Results:  
The server processed code should replace the server-side include.

Comment 1

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

Server side includes happen at the server. If any of them aren't being applied
then it is because the server isn't applying them.

It is not a Firefox issue. You will notice that viewing the source from IEE also
reveals the same text.

Comment 2

[Jo Hermans]

Indeed. That's why it's a *server-side* include. Your webserver is somehow
skipping over this line, and that's why you can see it in the browser.

Comment 3

[:glob ✱]

for what it's worth, you missed the #

<!--include file="/cpc/2005/includes/home_course.incl"-->

should be

<!--#include file="/cpc/2005/includes/home_course.incl"-->

Comment 4

[Mark]

Thanks for all your help.  Sorry for the inconvenience.