[RESOLVED] really newbie question

jschaud

Ok, i created a css and I am using an includes file. Is it possible to have the includes file put up the header and footer, while leaving a space for the index.php file to basically just fill in text between the two. I want the exact same header, footer, and logo on multiple pages, but the text area in only working after the entire includes file. Sorry this is probably really really easy.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</div>
</head>
<body>
<div id="bar">
<a href="contact.html"><img src="contactbutton.gif" width="100" height="30" border="0" align="right"></a>
<a href="gallery.html"><img src="gallerybutton.gif" width="100" height="30"
</div>
<div id="hdr" align="left"><a><img src="logo.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="214" height="200" /></a></div>
<div id="bar"></div>
<div id="textarea">

I want the index.php file to basically put text here

</div>
<br/><br/><br/><br/>
</body>
<div id="ftr" align="right"></div>
</html>

vaaaska

That is rather confusing.

But, sure, use more include files for the header and footer as wanted.

Rodney_H_

Save this as header.php:

Save this as footer.php :
</div>
<br/><br/><br/><br/>
</body>
<div id="ftr" align="right"></div>
</html>

Your page will look like this:

<?php
include "header.php";
// header include
?>

<!-- put your html text here //-->

<?php
include "footer.php";
// footer include
?>

jschaud

Thank you very much, that is exactly what I wanted to know. I thought you could do it with just a single includes file. I assume you could have as many includes as you would want?

Rodney_H_

jschaud wrote:
Do you mean instead of just having one includes file I should have header.php, footer.php, and then just call each of them in the spot I want from index.php? If so, is this an effective manner for css's I'm sorry, I just started trying php out yesterday and havent made much progress as yet.

If you want the same content on the top AND bottom of each page, yes, you put that into the header.php and footer.php file and include them everywhere you need them. You typically call the header.php at the top of the page unless you have to start a session or write cookies, which have to be done first.

Then, you put your html code for the page.

At the bottom, yup, you put the footer. The header and footer must each have a file of their own so you can situate them appropriately on the page where you need them. It also makes it easier to maintain the web site, by using includes.

Yes, your css will work, too. And yes, as many includes as you want....

My advice is to just give it a try. Experiment a little, then if you have problems, post your code and there will be help here for you!

😃