Scripting

• Server-Side Scripting There are quite a few server-side scripting languages. Here are a few of them.
  • ASP (active server pages) If you really want a cool, interactive website your must use something like ASP. This is really advanced stuff but it's a lot of fun.
  • Perl Perl is a scripting language which allows you to write very complex scripts very easily. The scripts are executed on the server.
  • PHP PHP is similar in concept to ASP and allows you to perform actions on the server before the page is sent to the client.
  • SSI Need to do something on the server? SSI may be a good choice for you.
    • SSI - Echo Directive You can use the ECHO directive of SSI to display information about the server environment
    • SSI - Include Directive The include directive of SSI is used to include a file (html, text or shtml) into your documents. This makes it easier to make changes.
    • SSI - Exec Directive One of the more powerful features of SSI is to execute a CGI routine, which can do just about anything that you want.
    • SSI - Tricks Need to do some special things with SSI? Here are some cool tricks.
    • SSI - Conditional Expressions Want to get really fancy? You can do IF statements with SSI!