UBB.Developers Forums Community Development Programming PHP and Server-side Scripting Adding include files

Hi,

Is there an equivalent in PHP of having include files that I use in my shtml files?

How can I use a file such as <!--#include virtual="/common/includes/top_nav.inc" -->

I am trying to avoid having a 101 files to update each time I alter the top section.

Regards,

Ian

If I understand what you're asking, PHP has include, require, include_once and require_once. Here's the documentation.

For using the same headers/footers across ALL my pages on my site I simply add this line to the very top:

code:
<?php include "http://www.michiganjeepers.com/forums/includes/header.php"?>

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And an equivlent line at the very bottom. Just make sure the file these are in is a .php file and not an .html file