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falsepride · 11-11-2004, 12:48 PM

a lot of people will include a header and footer on their pages and just have the content in the middle be different, or do content includes. i found a way thats in my opinion is twice as clean. make a file called layout.html, and where you want certian things to be put [Menu], [Content], [Poll] etc. then in your index.php file use the following script at the bottom:
$layout = implode("", file("layout.html"));
$layout = str_replace("[Menu]", $menu, $layout);
$layout = str_replace("[Content]", $content, $layout);
$layout = str_replace("[Poll]", $poll, $layout);
echo $layout;

that way if you decided to change your layout you dont have to worry about forgeting to close of a certian html tag, it'll be right in front of you. what do you guys think of this tip?

11-11-2004, 12:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
falsepride Regular Contributor Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 230	include vs. str_replace a lot of people will include a header and footer on their pages and just have the content in the middle be different, or do content includes. i found a way thats in my opinion is twice as clean. make a file called layout.html, and where you want certian things to be put [Menu], [Content], [Poll] etc. then in your index.php file use the following script at the bottom: $layout = implode("", file("layout.html")); $layout = str_replace("[Menu]", $menu, $layout); $layout = str_replace("[Content]", $content, $layout); $layout = str_replace("[Poll]", $poll, $layout); echo $layout; that way if you decided to change your layout you dont have to worry about forgeting to close of a certian html tag, it'll be right in front of you. what do you guys think of this tip?