[RESOLVED] PHP Includes?

WebDesigner_K

Hello,

I am designing a work portfolio site and I want to use php to put my pages together. I know very minimal of php. I know there is a function called includes. But I can't find any tutorials that explains on the process of setting a website together. Does anyone have a tutorial that I could follow or possibly help me out with this process?

Thanks,

WebDesigner_K

cgraz

A pretty useless example, but nevertheless should get you going:

header.php

<?php

print '<h1>Welcome to My Site</h1>';
print '<a href="index.php">Home</a>';

?>

footer.php

<?php

print '<p>Copyright &copy; 2007 YourCompany, Inc.</p>';

?>

index.php

<?php

include('header.php');

print 'this is the main content area';

include('footer.php');

?>

WebDesigner_K

What is the point of the print function?

Thanks for the example!

WebDesigner_K

cgraz

Have a look at the PHP manual for print()

It outputs a string to the browser.

jazz_snob

You can include files other than PHP files. For example your header file might be

<h1>Welcome to My Site</h1>
<a href="index.php">Home</a>

And you could name it header.php or in this case just header.html if you dont have any PHP in the file.

NogDog

jazz_snob wrote:
You can include files other than PHP files. For example your header file might be

<h1>Welcome to My Site</h1>
<a href="index.php">Home</a>

And you could name it header.php or in this case just header.html if you dont have any PHP in the file.

Actually, you can name an include file "include.html", "foo.bar", or anything else you'd like to call it even if it does have PHP code in it. The file suffix only matters to the web server when it's deciding whether or not to send an HTTP-requested file to the PHP process; PHP couldn't care less what the suffix is when it is doing an include or require.

bradgrafelman

jazz_snob wrote:
... or in this case just header.html if you dont have any PHP in the file.

In which case you shouldn't even be using the include/require() functions at all...

foyer

WebDesigner_K wrote:
What is the point of the print function?

to print lol

WebDesigner_K

Thanks you guys very much. Got it solved.