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This article contains exercises for Week Five (MGDP2060).

This exercise demonstrates

• The include statement
• The header statement

Create folder

In your Local Root Folder, create a folder named include.

Create web page

In this exercise folder, create a web page named index.php.

Follow the web page standards.

Make header and footer files

In this folder, create two new documents, named:

• header.php
• footer.php

Move HTML from index.php to header and footer files

Cut the upper portion of the HTML from index.php, and paste it in header.php.

• Which part to cut: Everything from the first line, through at least the <body>, and then some more
  • How much more varies from case to case
  • Use header.php for the HTML which will (in later exercises) be shared between multiple different pages
  • Put your name in the header.php header.php, because this is shared content across pages
  • Keep the exercise title (the words "Week Five Exercise", or whatever) in index.php, because that content is specific to a single page

footer.php works much the same.

Cut the last part of index.php, and paste it in footer.php.

• This always varies from case to case
  • Always put the closing tags for body and html in the footer.php.
  • Put copyright statements and similar information in footer.php
  • If you use the footer element (see Semantic HTML), it goes in footer.php

include statement

In index.php, enter the include statement twice, once each for header and footer, like this:

<?php include "header.php"; ?>

Include the footer looks like this:

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

See:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.include.php

http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_includes.asp

Finishing up

Upload to server, test your work online.

Reading

Textbook reading for next week: Chapter Thirteen.