Using PHP to replace &quot;frames&quot;

Using PHP to replace "frames"

Anon

Hello All,
I was wondering if PHP could replace "frames".
On my site currently I use some MS include crap that Netscape users can't see.
To see what I mean, you can visit my site at:
http://www.girls-on-bikes.com

I was wondering if there is any way PHP could set a template page with a header, a nav bar, and a footer, and have the body of the page be different. What I want to try to accomplish is I don't want to have to change every single page if I want to change the nav bar around or something like that.
I'd like to have 3 files, header, left, and footer, and have those be included in every page that loads.
Would something like this be possible?
Thanks

-Kevin

khaine

Yes it possible just write the pages

i.e.

header.inc could be

<HEAD>
<TITLE>this is the title</TITLE>
</HEAD>

and footer could be

</CENTER>
</BODY>

then you can just include them into your pages i.e.

index.php might look like

<? require_once("header.inc"); ?>

more html goes here

<? require_once("footer.inc"); ?>

this is how I have built a few sites it makes altering them very easy.

Mark.

Anon

Thank you Mark,
Now what if I wanted to have 4 "section" to my site. I want to have a header, a footer, a left nav bar, and the content.
Could I do something like this:
<HEAD>
<TITLE>this is the title</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<CENTER>
//Create a table with the 4 sections in the appropriate sizes, then do a
<? require_once("XXX.inc"); ?>
in each cell of the table
</CENTER>
</BODY>

Could I do something like that? Also, with PHP, everybody (IE, NS, Mozilla, Oprea) can view it since it's a server side thing, correct?
My site is currently using CSS to do all the includes of headers and such, and I've heard that a lot of NS and other uses can't see my page properly.
Would doing the PHP above solve this?
Thanks

-Kevin

khaine

Using PHP will solve all but the css problem.

Something like

<HEAD>
<TITLE>this is the title</TITLE>
</HEAD>

</TABLE>
</CENTER>
</BODY>

It would look like a framed site but it won't be in frames. The css includes are only a problem in netscape 4 or less. I have found that the css works for anything higher than 4. Netscape communicator can be a problem, it seems to replace some of the colors used in say a background definition. I set one to be hex C0C0C0(grey) and communicator made it green! god knows why.All in all I would use the css includes and just put something on your lead page saying best viewed with ....

Mark.