PHP in HeaderName or ReadmeName?

Dynamic header and footer for directory listings

[akbigdog]

I currently have a VirtualHost set up and have the default HeaderName and ReadmeName to index_header.shtml and index_footer.shtml, respectively. But I would like to use PHP instead. Is there a way to do this? Here is the VirtualHost code I have:

<VirtualHost *:80> 
DocumentRoot W:\path\to\document\root 
ServerName nameofmy.site 
IndexOptions +IgnoreCase +SuppressDescription NameWidth=* +SuppressHTMLPreamble 
<Directory "/"> 
HeaderName index_header.shtml 
ReadmeName index_footer.shtml 
</Directory> 
</VirtualHost>

If it is not possible to use PHP, is there a way to set the entire "/" directory tree to use the same two files? Or do I have to place index_header.shtml and index_footer.shtml in every directory that I want to use them?

Server configuration:
Windows XP Pro SP2 running Apache/2.0.52 (Win32) mod_ssl/2.0.52 OpenSSL/0.9.7e PHP/5.0.3 Server

[akbigdog]

Well, by the number of responses I got on this post, should I assume that this cannot be done?

[coopster]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, akbigdog.

Yes, it is possible, but not without some extra steps.

Filename must resolve to a document with a major content type of text/* (e.g., text/html, text/plain, etc.). This means that filename may refer to a CGI script if the script's actual file type (as opposed to its output) is marked as text/html such as with a directive like:

AddType text/html .cgi

Content negotiation will be performed if Options MultiViews is in effect. If filename resolves to a static text/html document (not a CGI script) and either one of the options Includes or IncludesNOEXEC is enabled, the file will be processed for server-side includes (see the mod_include documentation).

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