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<p>Like Andrew said, use <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/function.include.php" rel="nofollow">include</a>s. I'll set up 2 basic examples.</p> <hr> <p>The simplest, have multiple layout files that are called by your main file(s):</p> <p>header.php:</p> <pre><code><div id="header"> Menu can go here. <?php echo 'I make all my files .php, so they can use PHP functions if needed.'; ?> </div> </code></pre> <p>footer.php</p> <pre><code><div id="footer"> <a href="#">Footer Link</a> </div> </code></pre> <p>index.php</p> <pre><code><html> <head></head> <body> <?php include('/path/to/header.php'); ?> Specific index.php content here. <?php include('/path/to/footer.php'); ?> </body> </html> </code></pre> <hr> <p>The other option is to have one PHP file which includes all your different layout elements in functions. The reason I like this, is because you can include one file and then call specific functions for different parts. This can also be used to pass variables like a title of a page.</p> <p>layout.php</p> <pre><code><?php function makeHeader($title) { return 'My title is: '.$title; } function makeFooter() { $html = ' <div id="footer"> <a href="#">Footer Link</a> </div> '; return $html; } ?> </code></pre> <p>index.php</p> <pre><code><?php include('/path/to/include.php'); ?> <html> <head></head> <body> <?php echo makeHeader('Page Title'); ?> Specific index.php content here. <?php echo makeFooter(); ?> </body> </html> </code></pre> <hr> <p>Just make sure you use relative paths (<code>no http://www.</code>) when including files. This will allow variables and functions to transfer over smoothly. The easiest way to do this is using the PHP variable <code>$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']</code> so if you have a file <a href="http://mysite.com/includes/layout.php" rel="nofollow">http://mysite.com/includes/layout.php</a>, you could include it with <code>include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/includes/layout.php')</code> no matter where your file you are including from is located.</p>
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