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Scott Paterson
26,869 Pointsphp header question
Ok having a bash at php newbie at it, i am making a site, i have managed to include headers and footers no problem, what i am stuck on is in my header.php i have a H1 tag that i would like to display a different H1 headline on different pages. i have about 10 different pages, trying to find a solution but it is a tad confusing anyone any advice or guidance?
thank you :)
2 Answers
Spen Taylor
13,027 PointsI'm pretty sure that the best way to solve this would be set a variable before the PHP include statement on each page. This variable would have the same variable name on each page - something to the effect of :
(contact page)
<?php
$titleVariable = "contact";
include ('include/header.php'); ?>
(about us page)
<?php
$titleVariable = "about";
include ('include/header.php'); ?>
you could then either use an IF statement in the header.php that checks the $titleVariable and responds appropriately to each value or just echo out the string that the variable holds ( contact, about, etc.) depending on what you want it to display.
I'm no good explaining things and I'm new to PHP myself so this video tutorial should do a much better job of covering your needs!
Scott Paterson
26,869 PointsBrilliant stuff thanks Spen, got a bit of homework to learn till the penny drops.