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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 16, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/erb-and-rhtml-templates/143176 "2008-07-16T00:40:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:**  [@labyrinth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/labyrinth)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/erb-and-rhtml-templates/143176/1 "2008-07-16T00:40:04Z")
I’ve got a website w/ lunarpages, and I’ve been using erb to do some
things w/ my pages. Everything has worked well so far.
My problem is, my main pages each call in header and footer templates,
but I can’t figure out how to get the server to evaluate the templates
if they are .rhtml files w/ embedded ruby code.
## I’ve tried:
\<% require ‘erb’
def import\_erb path
ERB.new(File.read(path)).result()
# or ERB.new(File.read(path), nil, nil, ‘_x_’).result()
end
%\>
# and then
## \<%= import\_erb(‘footer.rhtml’) %\>
But I get a ‘500 internal server error’. If I leave out the .result
call, there’s no problem. I wonder if it’s lunarpages or my fault.
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**Author:**  [@labyrinth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/labyrinth)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/erb-and-rhtml-templates/143176/2 "2008-07-18T20:40:30Z")
Du De wrote:
> But I get a ‘500 internal server error’.
Figure out where your server sticks your error\*log file (either
error.log or
error\_log) and tail it. You must start with the actual error message!
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**Author:**  [@labyrinth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/labyrinth)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/erb-and-rhtml-templates/143176/3 "2008-07-21T21:19:01Z")
Phlip wrote:
> Du De wrote:
>
> > But I get a ‘500 internal server error’.
>
> Figure out where your server sticks your error\*log file (either
> error.log or
> error\_log) and tail it. You must start with the actual error message!
Actually, that is from the error log. It is no more informative than
that.