is it possible to

justme1234

I was wondering if it is possible with php (or anything else but rather php) to somehow create a menu list that you want to appear on every page, and make it so if u want to add another link onto the menu u cuold do so without having to go through every single page and alter it?

for example, i currently have a page with a table and the left column is my menu list, At the moment i have just got a template and am saving every page as something.. But then if i wanted to add or delete a link from the menu list, i have to go to every single page and change it. Is there some other way to do this?
thanks..

FMB

put your menu with all the formatting in one php file called menu.php and then include that on each page.
Now you only have to alter one php file to have it changed on each page.

shorty114

like FMB said...

put the repetative content in a page, call it menu.php or something.

on every page, do :

<?php include('location/to/menu.php'); ?>

where you want it.

also, if you want, do include_once()

justme1234

wow thanks guys its workin so far cool

justme1234

Do u have to call the pages php or html?

Davy

with the example they just gave, you need to call the webpage .php if it has php markups in it.

I use this menthod for includes on HTML pages it works the same but doesn't request php to be installed on other machine.

Server Side Include:

The file can be anything that you want to insert in there - HTML, TXT...

with this one you don't use php and you name the file either HTML or SHTML. It is recommended you name it .SHTML but it works with .HTMLon my cheapo geocities accnt =P

So you can do it php or html ssi.

php --> file.php
SSI HTML --> file.shtml

shorty114

If you don't have PHP coding that has to be parsed, then you can name it something other than .php ( if it is just HTML text, .html, etc.)

If it has something like this:

<?php

CODE

?>

in it, then you must save it as .php so it will be parsed as a PHP file.

Personally, i add a .inc between the filename and .php... (index.inc.php) so i remember it's a file to be included. This is just a personal thing that helps me, but you might not need to. This is optional.

Installer

An included file can have any extension you want to give it. It will parse as html until it encounters a php (or other) tag. Then it will parse the php just fine. It doesn't matter what the extension is.