server side includes in php

sock2me

Can someone help a terribly confused woman learn how to do ssi's with php?

I am very new (VERY) to PHP. I don't know or understand much about computer languages outside of html and a little asp. I am trying to learn how I can use PHP to build server side includes. I've been reading about FastTemplate and I don't think this is exactly what I want to use. All I want to do it take pieces of my html page and drop them into lots of other(html?) pages but only having one file to manage. Does someone know of a tutorial that can help or point me in the right direction?? I've bought a book on learning PHP but I don't see a section on Templates or SSI. Are they called something different in PHP?

cordex

Assuming you have a server to test this on, try something like this:

----- first file: content.html ------

This is the content I plan on placing in my page.

-- end first file --

----- second file: header.html ------

<CENTER>Wecome to my home page<BR></center>
<B>[Button one] [Button Two] [Button three]</B>

-- end file --

----- third file: footer.html ------

<I>Here, I'm going to place some copyright info and such</i>

-- end file --

----- fourth file: index.php ------

<?php
echo "<TABLE width=100%>\n";
echo "<TR><TD width=100%>";
include ("header.html");
echo "</TD></TR>";
echo "<TR><TD width=100%>";
include ("content.html");
echo "</TD></TR>";
echo "<TR><TD width=100%>";
include ("footer.html");
echo "</TD></TR>";
echo "</TABLE>";
?>

-- end file --

Place all of these in the same directory and go to index.php

Is this what you're talking about?