Technical FAQ

When calling a script with SSI, should I use 'include virtual' or 'exec cgi'?

In cases that you need to post information to a script that you are calling via SSI, you should use include virtual rather than exec cgi:

<!--#include virtual="/cgi-local/script.cgi?<parameters>" -->

In most cases when you do not need to post information to a cgi script, you should use exec cgi:

<!--#exec cgi="/cgi-local/script.cgi" -->

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