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Asked: 2026-05-13T15:41:43+00:00

I basically use php variables to store the value of the title and the

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I basically use php variables to store the value of the title and the body’s ID.
This last one is a technique to have my button (pressed) in the navigation according to which section of the page the user is (in this case the user will know he is currently at “home”).

Beginning of my index.php:

<?php
    $title = "New Project";
    $body = "home";
    include("common/header.php");
?>
<div id="content">
    <div class="container">
        <div id="tagline">

Beginning of my header.php

<head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7"/>
    <title><?php echo $title; ?></title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles/slimbox2.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles/global.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles/home.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles/contact.css" />
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/jquery.corner.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/jquery.validate.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/slimbox2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/custom.js"></script>
</head>
</head>
<body id="<?php echo $body; ?>">
<div id="header">
    <div class="container">
        <div id="topbar">
            <h1><a href="http://widerdesign.co.nr/">wider design</a></h1>
            <ul id="lang">
                <li><a href="index.php">English</a></li>
                <li><a href="es/index.php">Español</a></li>
                <li><a href="tw/index.php">中文(繁體)</a></li>
                <li><a href="cn/index.php">中文(简体)</a></li>
            </ul>
            <ul id="nav">
                <li class="home"><a href="index.php">home</a></li>
                <li class="products"><a href="products.php">products</a></li>
                <li class="about"><a href="about.php">about</a></li>
                <li class="contact"><a href="contact.php">contact</a></li>
            </ul>

To let the user know in which section he/she is:

#home li.home a, #products li.products a, #contact li.contact {
    color: #999;
}

is there a simpler way of doing this?

Am I using unnecessary those PHP variables?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes, what you’re doing is fine. I do something similar with a PageTemplate class. In addition to setting the title and navigation, it allows navigation links to appear based on user authentication, allows javascript and css to be added to the head section, etc.

    What you’re doing is very common. There are a million ways to do it, but they’ll all require setting some variables.

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