including files

ciciep

Hello everyone!
I am trying to do the index page for an international consortium. i hav a file called "top.htm", another one called "side.htm" that includes the menu and, finally, the main page called "main.htm". in the index.php i am trying to include these files as thus:
<? include ("top.htm"); ?>
<? include ("side.htm"); ?>
<? include ("main.htm"); ?>
Well, in this case it appears only the top file and the side file and...no main file :bemused: ! i also tries to include the main.htm BEFORE the side.htm but the side.htm appears BELOW the main.htm (not at its LEFT as I wanted)...
So, please help me to arrange them: the top. htm on top and then the side.htm and at its left the main.htm.
Thanx a lot

bodzan

...realise how your page has to look after including those files i order for it to be shown properly. The way they are imported is not relevant here but the overall structure of the page when you include them...

Basically take a look a the source of the page in your browser to discover how to rearrange it to look like you need it to look...

ciciep

I'm afraid I don't quite understand what you say...

bodzan

All you need to do if form a table layout for the page and in the cells where you want your content to appear place the include statement...

Should be your table structure to place each of the contents where you want it...

halojoy

I have set border='1' just so you can see tables location
when it all is alright and working
you can set border='0' if you want

top.htm is more often called 'header.php'
and bottom.htm called 'footer.php'

This is page.php

<body>

<table width='100%' border='1'>
<tr>
<td width='100%'><?php include 'top.htm'; ?></td>
</tr>
</table>

<table width='100%' border='1'>
<tr>
<td width='30%'><?php include 'side.htm'; ?></td><td width='70%'><?php include 'main.htm'; ?></td>
</tr>
</table>

<table width='100%' border='1'>
<tr>
<td width='100%'><?php include 'bottom.htm'; ?></td>
</tr>
</table>

</body>

ciciep

Thanx a lot!!! You were very kind.