[mapserver-dev] URL-based includes...

[Lime, Steve D (DNR)]

I think you're asking if the URL could contain substitutions? No, as includes are processed as the mapfile is loaded. Could certainly work around that by making the parameter stack available to the lexer but you'd wouldn't necessarily have access to necessary validations so there would be security implications of doing so. The validations do cascade so you can set a validation at the class, layer or web level.

Includes cannot be set/changed via the CGI.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Howard Butler [mailto:hobu.inc at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 12:30 PM
To: Lime, Steve D (DNR)
Cc: 'MapServer Dev Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [mapserver-dev] URL-based includes...


On Apr 8, 2010, at 12:19 PM, Lime, Steve D (DNR) wrote:

> Hi all: Was chatting with Brent F. a bit about dynamic mapfile content. One idea that surfaced was URL-based includes, e.g.:
>  
>   INCLUDE "http://.../some file or CGI script"
>  
> Any thoughts on the utility of such a function? Code would have to be added into the lexer section that handles includes. Could just write whatever is retrieved in a temp directory and then open as normal.
>  

Not allowed via CGI substitution, however, right?