PHP footer in html template? Please help.

13 years ago

You need to use .php and not .html as you file extension as you would need to call up the php include() function something like <?php include("footer.php"); ?> on your web pages

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RealSocialSignals

13 years ago

What do you mean?

The file which I'm putting the footer in is: footer.PHP

But the index is .html and not .php

So it can't be done?

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lknielsen

13 years ago

It CAN be done, but you must change index.html to index.php this is because you have PHP code in your index file so it must have a .php extension.

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RealSocialSignals

13 years ago

That's it? I'll give it a try.

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orvn

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Ardit.WM

That's it? I'll give it a try.

That's it.

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ram07

13 years ago

Hi,

still you can include the footer.php in your index.html....

There is a way to make php to work in your html and htm pages...

Just add any one of the line in your .htaccess file that support,

For web servers using PHP as apache module:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .html .htm

For web servers running PHP as CGI:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .html .htm

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phpbbxpert

13 years ago

Originally Posted by ram07

Hi,

still you can include the footer.php in your index.html....

There is a way to make php to work in your html and htm pages...

Just add any one of the line in your .htaccess file that support,

For web servers using PHP as apache module:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .html .htm

For web servers running PHP as CGI:
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .html .htm

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You should not do this!
You are essentially opening a can of worms with security in the fact that HTML files are not typically guarded for the type of security that PHP files are eg(execution, cmd, etc...)

Do as mentioned earlier, change the index to index.php and include the footer with an include("footer.php")

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orvn

13 years ago

Originally Posted by phpbbxpert

You should not do this!
You are essentially opening a can of worms with security in the fact that HTML files are not typically guarded for the type of security that PHP files are eg(execution, cmd, etc...)

Do as mentioned earlier, change the index to index.php and include the footer with an include("footer.php")

Good call- I was about to mention the same potential issue.

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espradley 13 years ago
Originally Posted by orvn

Good call- I was about to mention the same potential issue.

I don't think its a security issue. If you read what appache is doing:
Code:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .html
it's changing the way the actual file is run.

I work for a 10 mil/year company and we have this setup.

It makes things harder though because when you open the files in WYSIWYG editors it uses the color coding and rules from HTML....a bit frustrating at times.

I've never heard of it causing security holes however... But it's still a pain.
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icun

13 years ago

Like they said, simple.

Rename index.html to index.php, change any links that point to it and make sure footer.php is in the same directory as index.php

Then just have this line where you want the footer:

<?php include("footer.php");?>

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icun

13 years ago

I wouldn't recommend changing your HTML files so they can use PHP and still have a .html extension unless you had a very specific reason for it and knew what you were doing.

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jbrewski

13 years ago

I didn't know the .html extension still existed, haha.

I would strongly recommend using either .php or .asp if you are wanting to do includes/requires.

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espradley

13 years ago

Keep in mind, HTML has an include feature too.



But these guys are all right. Convert over to the .php extension.

And where it is perfectly safe to use the .htaccess method to treat your .html files as php files, it's sort of the long way of doing things. I'd recommend if you were a programmer, but not for someone just trying to wing it.

Read up about all the different include methods in the link below.

WWW FAQs: How do I include one HTML file in another?

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thai

13 years ago

I recalled from a few php templates I edit. I saw most of the <?php include("filename.inc");?> which I assume .inc stands for include file. Does it matter to use .php or .inc extension in the include function?

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phpbbxpert

13 years ago

.inc extension is not a very common practice anymore.
They were typically configuration/settings files.

Just about every framework out there sticks to straight .php extension.
I suggest doing the same unless there is a specific reason for using it.