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PHP PHP Basics PHP on the Web Including PHP

Posted by Bryan Haire
Bryan Haire
2,971 Points

adding a file

am I placing the code in the right spot?

index.php 
<html>
<head>
<title>A Few of My Favorite Things</title>
</head>
    <?php include 'inc/favorites.php'; ?>
<body>
<h1>A Few of My Favorite Things</h1>

</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Matt Brock
Matt Brock
28,330 Points

It depends on what the favorites.php file is intended to do. If it simply exposes data, like a list of favorite things, then it's best to include it at the top of the file so you have access to the data throughout the entire file. If its job is to display a chunk of HTML code, then you should include it at the place in your file where you want it to show up.

In your case, it looks like it should be included a little farther down:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
  <title>A Few of My Favorite Things</title>
  </head>
  <body>
  <h1>A Few of My Favorite Things</h1>
  <?php include 'inc/favorites.php'; ?>
  </body>
</html>
Bryan Haire
Bryan Haire
2,971 Points

thank you!!! it was my placement that was off

Matt Brock
Matt Brock
28,330 Points

Great! Glad you got it working :)