noob question here, hope you dont mind!

i'm including a footer.html. Can it include another include file?

any issues with that? is it considered bad form? How deep can include files be nested? Is it only a question of what can the server handle?

Basically i'd like my footer to include some scripts (like a 'last updated' script, which it calls as an SSI file).

thanks!!!

How are you including footer.html?

The file-inclusion mechanisms I've used have generally allowed an included file to include some other file. There's nothing wrong with that, as long as your system can handle the load, and you don't confuse yourself (or others working on the site).

Just remember that the first included file must also be parsed for SSI.