I intent to create a template PHP file, this template will only serve the design, not the content. The purpose is to decrease the development time in a sense that when creating a new PHP file or new module, I can only need to concentrate on the main function of that PHP file not the design. Once I created the new file using the template, it should be able to display the consistent design and serve its specific function.
The issue is that I am not sure on how to make the design of the template works and applied to all of the new files created regardless of the location (as long as it is within the root directory).
As an example:
root directory (www.example.com): /
homepage (www.example.com/index.php): /index.php
css file: /style/style.css
template file: /template.php
newly created file (www.example.com/subone/find/css/file.php): /subone/find/css/file.php
another newly created file (www.example.com/subtwo/locate/css.php): /subtwo/locate/css.php
Content of the homepage (which is created base on the template.php, but the CSS file location is hard coded):
<html>
<head>
<title>Testing</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/style.css" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="header">logo and login form goes here
<div class="nav"> navigation goes here;</div>
</div>
<div id="main">main content goes here;</div>
<div id="footer">footer goes here; </div>
</body>
</html>
but, when I created a new file, /subone/find/css/file.php
the location of the css must be changed and specified manually, like this:
<html>
<head>
<title>Testing</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../style/style.css" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="header">logo and login form goes here
<div class="nav"> navigation goes here</div>
</div>
<div id="main">main content goes here;</div>
<div id="footer">footer goes here;</div>
</body>
</html>
So, what I want to achieve is that, when creating a new file (/subone/find/css/file.php), I don’t need to do anything, I can straight away concentrate on the main section:
<html>
<head>
<title>Testing</title>
...style.css is handled automatically
</head>
<body>
<div id="header">logo and login form goes here
<div class="nav"> navigation goes here</div>
</div>
<div id="main">main content goes here;
<?php
//I can continue to edit the file from this line onward
echo "I am concentrating on the main function of file.php right now!!";
?>
</div>
<div id="footer">footer goes here;</div>
</body>
</html>
example page can be seen at (only the desired design): neoborn.kodingen.com
I accept any answers as long as it can achieve my intention (template).
Thank you 🙂
Why don’t you use absolute paths when referring to CSS files and other resources in your template file?
For example: