SSI stopped working

No error messages in apache log

[runner]

I have a web site that relies heavily on SSI includes. All but one of the includes is a simple text file. The one exception is a small perl cgi script that generates a calendar.

The problem I'm having is that starting this weekend the main page stops loading when apache hits one of three include statements. I have not modified the site in weeks.

There are no errors in my apache error log. When I go to my URL it loads up to that particular include and just stops. On my browser, if I "view source" I can see it stopped on one of the includes.

This problem is "include" related because if I remove any of the three affected includes the page loads until it hits the next include.

This is a hosted account so I only have access to my apache log file for my domain. Could this be a system-wide problem and not something specific to my site? I didn't modify my site and I don't see any error messages in my log.

[wheel]

SOunds like your host's problem.

Easiest way to test this is to create a test html page with a brief header and footer surrounding the simplest ssi you can think of. If it breaks on that, call your webhost.

[runner]

Some of the other includes on the page do work but I'll try your suggestion right now.

[runner]

Problem solved... It turns out that all the include ststements that were written with the "include file" syntax broke and the includes written with "include virtual" did not break. I still can't figure out why this would break all of the sudden. All is working now.

[Citrus]

It does sound like a problem caused by your host upgrading or patching software.

I had a similar problem when an autoresponder script broke after a patch was applied to my vs.