hello I am using a virtual include, I would like to use a direct address on it for use with subdomains, however whenever I use the http:// part it wont work. It works using:

<!--#include virtual="/includes/footer.shtml"-->

I would like to do it like this: <!--#include virtual="http://www.site.com/includes/footer.shtml"-->

The main page I am including it in is shtml, are you not allowed to use an absolute address like this?

For security reasons (i.e. cross-site scripting) and possibly other reasons, no.

It would be all too easy to replace <!--#include virtual="http://www.site.com/includes/footer.shtml"--> with <!--#include virtual="http://www.site.com/includes/page-that-gathers-credit-card-info/stores-the-credit-card-names-numbers-and-expiry-dates/so-the-owner-of-the-site-can-go-on-an-illegal-shopping-spree.php"--> instead.

Thanks!

That makes sense, is it not allowed in PHP either?

In PHP you can have an absolute address for the included page, but note that any PHP script code on the page will be executed on the host server and only the HTML output will be included.

Okay cool thanks. I was planning on only using php in the future but I have this site thats already in shtml that Im redesigning so I am stuck with these page names!