How do I get php to keep the header fixed and the bottom half of the page to change?

[blastbum]

Hi,

First up, I'm an utter noobie. I have buckets of experience with Flash & Actionscript, but very new to php.

How can I get the header on my web page to stay stationary (when I say 'header' I'm talking about the top part of the web page with all the navigational buttons) and the bottom half to change?

Is there an easy php script that can do that?

Thank you for your help.

Blastbum 🙂

[thorpe]

php doesnt do any of that sort of thing. its html. but, of course php can write html.

what you are looking for are called frames, and here is a simple tutorial on how to use them.

[Matt_Kindig]

IMHO, there are some major problems with frames, namely that they make bookmarking individual pages difficult and that search engine robots won't always be able to easily index them.

I prefer to use include() statements with PHP. You would place the entire header portion in a file (such as header.htm) and then "include" it at the top of the page with

<?php
include('header.htm');
?>

Put this include() statement at the top (or wherever you want the header information to appear) of the page.
That way you have to only update one file (header.htm) and all the other pages will automatically be updated.