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junemo · April 23rd, 2004, 02:52 AM

hi,
i want create a menu bar (hav sub-menu item) at page header so i don't need repeat to write the code again to displays the menu at each page. So, how i want to do it with php language? Please give me some example and attach the soucre code to me.

Thanks a lot.

nikolai · April 23rd, 2004, 03:47 PM

Well, if your menu bar is plain HTML, you can save that HTML in a separate file (menu_bar.html might be a good name), and just include it in your PHP script:

<?php
echo "<html>....<body>";

include("menu_bar.html");

?>

However, you're really talking about page templates. A template is a basic layout for a page that specifies where everything goes, what colors, images, etc. belong on a page, but does NOT contain content.

There are many ways of using templates. I suggest starting with SMARTY to learn about PHP-driven templates.
http://smarty.php.net/

Take care,

Nik
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coitri · May 7th, 2004, 10:41 AM

Hi Nik,
Have you got the guiding document of SMARTY?
If yes, pls share it!
Thanks in advance!

Coitri