Question

I want to use some php to make simple header/footer files for my webpages. I’m just getting started in web design and I am using Coffee Cup HTML Editor.

Problem is I have this line in my index.php file:

?php include(“includes/header.html”);?>

and nothing shows up even though my header.html file has a menu in it.

Do I need to install something on my machine before PHP code will show anything?

Answer 1

Syntax errors

Firstly, your code snippet contains a syntax error. The opening PHP tag should be <?php and not ?php. So your code should look like this:

<?php include('includes/header.html');?>

Install PHP

Secondly, you need to run PHP scripts on a PHP server like XAMPP for the code to actually be executed.

This assumes header.html either contains text or if it is PHP it echo()s its output.