need a specific php tutorial

[debris]

Hi. I know there are hundreds upon hundreds of PHP tutorials out there, but I'm looking for a simple one which will teach me how to create PHP pages, as in http://domain.com/page1.php and /page2.php instead of the more common http://domain.com/?z=page.html

If you have any helpful links to share, I'd appreciate that. :)

[invalid]

open notepad
type in all your code
save as yourfilename.php
done

[Lokannon]

WOW, YOUR GOOD!!!

dont think thats exactly what he meant though... but good effort!!!!!!
lol

:: Lokannon

[cheatpark]

No. Thats what he meant.

[debris]

Um no, that's not really what I want. I would like to make a PHP template, you know, having one page with the layout codes typed in it and then the rest of the pages containing just the content (just text-related HTML codes)? If you're not sure of what I'm talking about, I can give more details.

But thanks anyway, Invalid.

P.S. I'm not a "he", I'm a "she". ;)

[bigperm]

Ok, that's easy. You make a template, and split it into two files, the part above the content you save as header.inc.php, and the part below the content you save as footer.inc.php.

Then for each page of your site you put this:

<? include "/path/to/header.inc.php" ?>
Content here.
<? include "/path/to/footer.inc.php" ?>

[debris]

< total newbie question > And my site's pages' file extension will be... .php, is that right? Or do I save them in .html as usual? < / newbie question >

[bigperm]

You must name them *.php, so that the server knows to parse them.

And remeber to replace /path/to/file.inc.php to the absolute path of those two files.

If you don't know the absolute path, then jsut use the http:// path. <? include "http://whatever.com/header.inc.php" ?>

[debris]

Thanks a lot, bigperm. :) I love your avatar, by the way. Hehe.