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Posted by Peter Mayer
Peter Mayer
3,034 Points

Navigation bar - writing it only once

Hey guys, I once found a tutorial how to set up a navigation bar and header/footer only once. So in case I change sth. I only need to do it at one site and not all of them. Unfortunately I cannot find it anymore. Anybody has a link for that?

Cheers, Peter

2 Answers

Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
9,767 Points
Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
9,767 Points

Hey Peter Mayer. It'll be under the PHP tutorials. I quick break down is as follows though.

  1. Save all your html files as .php files.
  2. Write a header.php and footer.php file, each containing the relevant info you want on each page's header and footer.
  3. Top of each page write <?php include('header.php'); ?>. Making sure the file you are including is in the same location, ie. root folder.
  4. Do same as 3 for footer but replacing header.php with the footer filename.

If you want to include something in a folder that's not the root folder, then it's just the same as srcing an image.

Hope that helps. :)

Peter Mayer
Peter Mayer
3,034 Points

it does indeed. thanks a lot!!!

Graham Davidson
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Graham Davidson
Courses Plus Student 14,966 Points
Graham Davidson
Graham Davidson
Courses Plus Student 14,966 Points

It will be kicking around here somewhere

http://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming/build-a-simple-php-application/creating-the-menu-and-footer/including-the-header

If not this exact video then certainly the one before or after as memory serves