PHP Forum

**rogerchin85** · 04-16-2009, 11:59 AM

So ever since I started created webpages, I've been using php includes for all my pages. Something like this.

Code:

<?php include("./header.php"); ?>

<?php include("./menu.php"); ?>

<?php include("./left_panel.php"); ?>

<?php include("./body.php"); ?>

<?php include("./footer.php"); ?>

Is there any better techniques in creating webpages? What's yours? I've tried CMS like drupal but it's very limited and to control some part of my website to how I want it to look is reall hard, even the simplest thing like adding unique icons to blocks, I'd have to create a new block.tpl.php file for every block.

To theme every field or page, I'd have to create a new template. So I just wonder to myself, why not handcode my html's.

Any suggestion on ways to creating webpages?

**Friendly Fox** · 04-16-2009, 05:19 PM

Use wordpress, I recommend it.

**stbuchok** · 04-16-2009, 07:42 PM

I use C# with masterpages, basically the same concept. I think that having the areas that are on every (or almost every) page included from a seperate file is best. This way if there is a change to say the menu you end up making one change rather than 100 page (or however many you have for your site)

**NewBreed** · 04-16-2009, 10:46 PM

I basically have the same technique except I just use 2 includes.

These are combined to open all tags.
<?php include("./header.php"); ?>

<?php include("./menu.php"); ?>

<?php include("./left_panel.php"); ?>

and my footer.php is added last to close everything.
Then my closing html tags.
</body>
</html>

**Jaryth000** · 04-18-2009, 05:53 AM

Hmm Im bad. I tend to use includes inside includes.

like, on my main pages, Ill have

<?PHP include("header.php?"); ?>

CONTENT

<?PHP include("footer.php?"): ?>

and inside the header, will have like:

<html>
<head>
(link to external CSS)
(link to external JS)
</head>
<body>
<?PHP include("bannerstuff.php?"); ?>
<?PHP include("topnav.php?"); ?>
<div id="content">

then the footer would have basically the close to the </div> and all the closing stuff (like footers and whatnot).
By using that, I can completely change/re-theme almost my entire site by changing a a file here or there.

<_< though Im sure using Includes inside Includes really isnt good...

Hmm, I wonder when it really starts effecting Proformence?