Templates?

[Ahren]

Ok...I am really just a PHP n00b. I don't kno0w much PHP at all, but there is one thing I want to find out how to do.

I want to make a site, that is run completely off of one file. I want all of the pages to look the same, except for the content in one area of the page.

Would I have to use templates for this or what? I really have no idea how to do this. Would this type of thing use variables to display the different pages? Something like page.php?page=1 ?
Please help me out

--Ahren

[craigh]

Well, there is no need to reinvent the wheel, there are probably THOUSANDS of templating projects out there that might fit your needs (look at Sourceforge first), but yea, you got the basic idea.

I have done pages where the 'index' page is basically a collection of include statements, one of which is variable:

include_once ($page);

Then you can pass the page you want to it with the GET method you mentioned.

BTW - it is a GOOD idea to validate that variable before you process it...:p