Re: Combining SSI, PHP, and CGI in Apache 2.x

Sean wrote:
[snip]
> SSI. Even better, an included file can call include() so you have
> recursion which did not work in SSI the last time I checked.

An included file being able to include another file is not an example of
recursion, it is an example of nesting. Recursion is the capability of
a function to call itself. A file including itself is recursive only in
a very general sense and it would not produce a meaningful outcome.

NM

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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 18:06:14 -0800, News Me <newsTWOme@pacifierDOTcom>
reverently intoned upon the aether:

> Sean wrote:
> [snip]
> > SSI. Even better, an included file can call include() so you have
> > recursion which did not work in SSI the last time I checked.
>
> An included file being able to include another file is not an example of
> recursion, it is an example of nesting. Recursion is the capability of
> a function to call itself. A file including itself is recursive only in
> a very general sense and it would not produce a meaningful outcome.
>
> NM

Actually the recursion I was alluding to is the ability to include
from an included file. This is recursion of the include
functionality. It is more of a meta concept than functional
recursion, but it is still recursion.

And in truth one gets functional recursion here too, as include() will
end up including and calling include() if there is an include()
statement in the included file.

enjoy,

Sean


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