What is the best way to use include() file.

Anon

Hello,

I have a question about how to use include() to include HTML code correctly. Well I am writing PHP page with standard heard for each PHP page.

Option 1
Put all the header code in the header.php file (such as </Meta> <BODY> etc...)

Then in I use include() to include this header.php to all of my PHPfiles and all PHP files need to have its own </BODY> for matching with the corresponding tag in the header.php

Option 2
Only put the necessary code in the header but not the </Meta> <BODY> stuffs.

Then In all of my PHP files I need to put the include() statement within each PHP file's <BODY></BODY>.

I know these 2 methods are working fine. But please advise which one is the BEST and most common use. Thanks

Anon

Why dont you put 2 includes:

header.php and footer.php

My whole site uses the same two files http://euskalhorse.net and only the body, without <body> tags are in the main file.

Ypu can personalise each page by setting parameters before calling the includes such as

$title = "Main Page";
$bgcolor = "gray";
etc
include ("header.php");

Brian

Anon

I got it. Thanx

Anon

It's all personal preference, but I don't like to have the html tags in my include files. I think it makes things harder to follow. I'll always have , <head>, and <body> tags, open and close, in the actual file, then include the data between those. I think it makes cleaner code, plus I use a visual editor, so it will display things incorrectly if I use other methods...

---John Holmes...