How do I insert common html elements into another page?

[jimlongo]

I have a series of pages here that all have 3 css boxes . . .
<div id="header">
<div id="content">
<div id="menu">

The title and menu box never change only the content.

So for each page I figure I want to insert the common code (is it as text?) in the "header" and "menu" boxes. Is that right?

If so what is the php expression to do that and what format should the html snippets be in (.txt)?

Or am I on the wrong track entirely??

TIA, jim

[HalfaBee]

Just use include( 'htmlbits.html' );

You can call the file whatever you want.

HalfaBee

[jimlongo]

Thank you that was easier than I thought! 😃

Can I expect to do the same thing with bits of javascript?

[HalfaBee]

You can put whatever you want in the files.

You can even put php commands 🙂

Halfabee

[jimlongo]

Great! Now i have finally replaced my frame based layout with a css based layout and am using php to insert common elements into the content to make the code easier to maintain.

My last question is on efficiency. Is the process of refetching the entire page in this way going to be noticeably slower than only fetching the content frame as was the case back when I was using frames?

TIA, jim