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    • How to use Include PHP code


    

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    To easily mantain your website ,specially if it has many pages ,PHP include function is probably one of the  best solution.Say,for instance, you have to update or change only the header or navigation or any section that is the same in all the pages, you must edit them separately one by one,and it will take a lot of time and the risk of making mistakes is high.

    But if you create few include files ,everything will be easier and you'll be able to change or update all your site from one page only.
    Also you can include content to your pages from other websites.

    How PHP Include function works

    In this example you'll see how to make the top and bottom of your pages dynamic,but you can use this principle to any section.So you will be able to change the top of your 1000 pages web site by editing only 1 single page. Obviously the first requisite is to have PHP running on the Web Server that hosts your website.

    This is a normal web page using HTML and CSS  (testInclude.css) to style the page.

    1. First step open a text editor like notepad and type the code or copy and paste the code below ,for a  normal web page using HTML and CSS  (testInclude.css) to style the page. Save it as TestInclude1.php .


      2. <html>

      <head>
      <title> Test Include Page</title>

      <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../testInclude.css">

      </head>
      <body>
      <!-HEADER->
      <div class="header">
      This is the Header
      </div>
      <!-HEADER->
      <div class="container">
      All your content Here
      </div>
      <!-FOOTER->

      <div class="bottom">This is the Bottom
      </div>
      <!-FOOTER->

      </body>
      </html>


    2. Then open a new document and copy and paste the HTML code between <!-HEADER-> and <!-HEADER-> including the two comments tags.Save the document as header.php  in a folder named PHPinclude.Do the same for the FOOTER part and save the file as footer.php in the PHPinclude folder'
    3. Open TestInclude1.php and replace the text between <!-HEADER-> and <!-HEADER-> with
      <?php include 'PHPinclude/header.php'?>
      Do the same for the FOOTER and save the new file as TestInclude2.php.
      Copy the code below for the CSS and save the file as testInclude.css


      4. .header {
      width: 100%;
      background-color: #33CC33;
      text-align: center;
      font-weight: bold;
      font-size: large;
      }
      .container {
      width: 100%;
      background-color: #DEDDDA;
      font-size: medium;
      color: #000080;
      height: 300px;
      position: relative;
      }
      .bottom {
      width: 100%;
      border: thin solid #0000FF;
      background-color: #FFCC00;
      font-size: medium;
      font-weight: bold;
      text-align: center;
      margin-right: auto;
      margin-left: auto;
      }


    4. Now upload the 2 files and the folder PHPinclude and the CSS file to your host. Open the 2 pages in your web browser.They should appear the same. Even if you go on View/Source you should see the same code because when you use the PHP include function ,is like if you copied the entire page in that point ,so basically even to the search engines crawlers will appear normal and nothing hidden.
  • How to use PHP with HTML/HTM pages