Kael Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 I've been wondering for a while:I've got a light-moderately trafficked site that I'm working on, and there are a lot of pages that don't require php for anything, but i've got a footer that i want to add to the end of everything. i inherited this site from another webmaster, who inherited it from someone else, etc., so it's about 6 years old (!!), and is therefore composed of hundreds of pages. obviously, i would benefit greatly by having this footer in one place where i can edit it once and have it automatically updated to everything, but i'm not sure if it's efficient to make the server parse the entire document just for a little one-line "include 'file.php';" at the end. does anyone know if parsing a php file with lots of html, but only one line of php will make any difference in server performance in the future (accounting for, as any hopeful soul should, a possible increase in future traffic to the site)?along these same lines, i had an idea the other day that i wasn't sure about. i like the concept of the template-driven site, where you use one file, then just change the body. i was thinking something like this:<html><head><?php $title = $_GET['T'];echo '<title>'.$title.'</title>';?></head><body>Nav-bars and such - edited similarly to the title.; stagnant content, etc.<div id='body'><?phpif ($title == 'this') { include 'this.php';} elseif ($title == 'that') { include 'that.php';} elseif......?></div><div id="footer"><?php include 'footer.php'; ?></div></body></html>However, with 300+ pages, id still have 300 pages laying around all over the place, and the only advantage would be simplicity of code (and file sizes). i could use a database, but, despite the fact that i am an avid proponent of the database, it's harder to edit crap like this in a database than it is just doing it in a text file. not to mention my employers prefer a less efficient and less visually appealing site design composed of disparate designs for each product section, but that's a different issue.anyway, if anyone has any thoughts on any of this, do share.-love kael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeah Ano Posted March 16, 2006 Report Share Posted March 16, 2006 This template might make it a bit easier to understand:<?include("inc_header.php");//include body of code in hereinclude("inc_footer.php");?>then in the inc_header.php all you have to do is add the code u want at the start of each page such as...<?echo "<HTML>\n";echo "<Head>\n";echo "<Title>title</title>\n";echo "<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\">\n";echo "<LINK REL=STYLESHEET TYPE=\"text/css\" HREF=\"mainstyle.css\">\n";echo "</Head>\n";echo "<Body>\n";?>and in the inc_footer.php all you have to do is add the code u want at the end of each page such as ....<?echo "</Body>\n";echo "</HTML>\n";?>Hopes this help - if you need this made any clearer either email me, see the attached files which are from my website or go to www.gloucesterboxers.co.uk and view the source.inc_header.phpinc_footer.phphome.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 If you're only using PHP to include files, then you are right about adding unneeded overhead to your webpages. There is a far older technology called "Server Side Includes" which is supported by all webservers I know of.The syntax of your include command would be as following:<!--#include file="blah.html" -->This will include the (static) page "blah.html". Nothing else needed, no <%php %> etc.On the other side, I believe PHP (and probably SSI also) "caches" pages. That is, it stores the resulting page (with the completed inclusion) somewhere for quick retrieval, to cause minimal processor load.Another option is also to give the "inclusion work" to your visitor, by using JavaScript to perform the inclusion. This gives minimal processing and storage load to your webserver, and lets the visitor's browser do all the work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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