php-doc-en/reference/apache/functions/virtual.xml

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<refentry xml:id="function.virtual" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>virtual</refname>
  <refpurpose>Perform an Apache sub-request</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>virtual</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>filename</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>virtual</function> is an Apache-specific function which
   is similar to <literal>&lt;!--#include virtual...--&gt;</literal> in mod_include.
   It performs an Apache sub-request.  It is useful for including
   CGI scripts or .shtml files, or anything else that you would
   parse through Apache.  Note that for a CGI script, the script
   must generate valid CGI headers.  At the minimum that means it
   must generate a Content-type header.
  </para>
  <para>
   To run the sub-request, all buffers are terminated and flushed to the
   browser, pending headers are sent too.
  </para>
  &apache.req.module;
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>filename</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The file that the virtual command will be performed on.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Performs the virtual command on success, or returns &false; on failure.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <para>
   <informaltable>
    <tgroup cols="2">
     <thead>
      <row>
       <entry>&Version;</entry>
       <entry>&Description;</entry>
      </row>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
      <row>
       <entry>4.0.6</entry>
       <entry>
        This function may be used on PHP files. However, it is typically
        better to use <function>include</function> or
        <function>require</function> for PHP files.
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   See <function>apache_note</function> for an example.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="notes">
  &reftitle.notes;
  <warning>
   <para>
    The query string can be passed to the included file but
    <varname>$_GET</varname> is copied from the parent script and only
    <varname>$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']</varname> is filled with the passed
    query string. The query string may only be passed when using Apache 2.
    The requested file will not be listed in the Apache access log.
   </para>
  </warning>
  <note>
   <para>
    Environment variables set in the requested file are not visible to the
    calling script.
   </para>
  </note>
  &note.apache.nsapi-module;
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>apache_note</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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