PHP &amp; meta tags

PHP & meta tags

pantteri

Hi,

I´m in the process of transforming the html files on my website to php for easier management.

All the content files, the header etc. spawn from index.php which works as the wrapper.

My problem is: how and where should I place the title and meta tags for each page (the meta description is different for every page)?

All help will be appreciated, thanks in advance.

bradgrafelman

pantteri wrote:
how and where should I place the title and meta tags for each page

In the HTML "head" section, of course.

If you're asking how and where you should store the information for each file, well that would depend on how you're including and displaying the HTML content using PHP. It sounds like you're on your way to using a CMS, in which case you might want to use something like Smarty or something similar rather than creating your own template/etc. solution.

pantteri

Thanks for your reply.
The index.php looks like this:

<html>
<head>
<title>My website</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<?php

ob_start();

include ($SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/header.php');
include ($SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/linklist.php');

$pass = array('home','page1','page2'...);

if (in_array($GET['id'], $pass)) {
include ($SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/' . $_GET['id'] . '.php');
}

elseif (!isset($GET['id'])) {
include ($SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/home.php');
}

else {
header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found");
include ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/error.php');
}

include ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/footer.php');

?>
</div>
</body>
</html>

The content pages (page1, page2, etc.) do not have a "head" section, only the text content within <div>.
So if I put the meta tags in the "head" section of the index.php, then the tags would be the same for all the content pages? I´d like each of the content pages to have their own meta tags, is this possible to do?
I´m sorry, I´m new to php. :o