Re: Creating menus ... Thanks and a question
Posted by megan on 2/13/06
On 2/12/06, KarenVA wrote:
> What is a php include?
Hi Karen
"include" is just a shorthand nickname for a file you want to bring
in and "include" in another file. In your case you want to only
have to update your menu one time and have the updated version
display on all pages in your website. So in php you might make a
file, possibly called inc_menu.php or menu.html or some such. In
that file would be all your code for your menu then in your site
pages such as index.php, resources.php, aboutus.php you
would "include" the file using a bit of code like this
include('inc_menu.php') or require('path/to/menu.html') - the
difference in your menu file having a .php extension or a .html is
that if the extension is .html then the code in the menu file would
be sent directly to the browser as usual, but if the extension
is .php then it would be sent to the server for processing of any
php code first before it goes to the browser.
Anyway, after the page is rendered, if you view source you will see
your menu code in with the rest of the code as if it were all one
file.
hth, megan
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