Include a file

[Tony Wainwright]

Hi
I am teaching myself how to develop websites for my own benefit and have
come across something that I don't know how to do. I want to be able to
include in every page a file that contains information that will be
displayed on every page i.e. copyright info. I don't want to have to
re-write every page when I change this information - I just want to be able
to edit it once. I know it can be done in PHP (as shown below), but I want
to be able to do it in HTML.
<?php
include_once ('includes/copyright.html');
?>
Is this possible?

Thanks
Tony

 

[Dylan Parry]

Pondering the eternal question of "Hobnobs or Rich Tea?", Tony
Wainwright finally proclaimed:

I know it can be done in PHP (as shown below), but I want
to be able to do it in HTML.
<?php
include_once ('includes/copyright.html');
?>
Is this possible?

In HTML alone, not really. You could use inline frames, but that would
be a particularly bad idea. Is there any particular reason why you
/can't/ use PHP for this?

 

[Tony Wainwright]

No particular reason why, I just wondered
Tony

Pondering the eternal question of "Hobnobs or Rich Tea?", Tony
Wainwright finally proclaimed:


In HTML alone, not really. You could use inline frames, but that would
be a particularly bad idea. Is there any particular reason why you
/can't/ use PHP for this?

--
Dylan Parry
http://webpageworkshop.co.uk -- FREE Web tutorials and references

Listening to: Brahms - Symphony No. 2 in D major, op

 

[Dylan Parry]

Pondering the eternal question of "Hobnobs or Rich Tea?", Tony
Wainwright finally proclaimed:

No particular reason why, I just wondered

Please don't top-post

Well if the reason was just wondering, then that's okay! Really the best
way to attempt to include a file is on the server-side rather than
relying on the client's machine to do the work. I'd stick to using PHP
for it as it's much more reliable.

 

[David Segall]

Hi
I am teaching myself how to develop websites for my own benefit and have
come across something that I don't know how to do. I want to be able to
include in every page a file that contains information that will be
displayed on every page i.e. copyright info. I don't want to have to
re-write every page when I change this information - I just want to be able
to edit it once. I know it can be done in PHP (as shown below), but I want
to be able to do it in HTML.
<?php
include_once ('includes/copyright.html');
?>
Is this possible?

I don't think so but you may want to consider a preprocessor that
expands the includes and other macros before you upload the HTML. A
Google for HTML preprocessor yields many of them.

 

[Stan McCann]

Hi
I am teaching myself how to develop websites for my own benefit and
have come across something that I don't know how to do. I want to
be able to include in every page a file that contains information
that will be displayed on every page i.e. copyright info. I don't
want to have to re-write every page when I change this information -
I just want to be able to edit it once. I know it can be done in PHP
(as shown below), but I want to be able to do it in HTML.
<?php
include_once ('includes/copyright.html');
?>
Is this possible?

If your sever supports SSI, then:
<!--#include virtual="includes/copyright.html" -->

If you are going to try instead of ask, some installations use the
Xbithack which requires the file including others to have the x bit
set.

 

[Tha RagMan]

Hi
I am teaching myself how to develop websites for my own benefit and have
come across something that I don't know how to do. I want to be able to
include in every page a file that contains information that will be
displayed on every page i.e. copyright info. I don't want to have to
re-write every page when I change this information - I just want to be able
to edit it once. I know it can be done in PHP (as shown below), but I want
to be able to do it in HTML.
<?php

Have you considered SSI ? Take a look at this site for info on how:
http://www.smartwebby.com/web_site_design/server_side_includes.asp
Best of luck.
Tha RagMan