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Asked: 2026-06-14T01:55:15+00:00

New to web programming. I was wondering if it was common to use includes

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New to web programming. I was wondering if it was common to use includes to template a page. For example you have header, nav, and footer code all in separate files, and then you include them for a specific page with the content varying. How is this different from templating languages or templating engines like Smarty I’ve been coming across in my research?

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  1. Editorial Team

    IMHO I like rather having a single layout view that contains anything that does not move across pages.

    <!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
    <head>
        <meta></meta>
        <styles></styles>
    </head>
    <body>
        <nav></nav>
        <header></header>
        <section class="rightColumn"></section>
        <section class="mainContainer">
             <?php include('your/awesome/view.php') ?>
        </section>
        <footer></footer>
        <script></script>
    </body>
</html>

    You may have a look at TWIG template engine.
    It makes it very easy

    layout.html.twig

    <!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
    <head>
        <meta name="description" content="{% block metaDesc %}{% endblock %}"></meta>
        <style></style>
        {% block appendStyle %}{% endblock %}
    </head>
    <body id="{% block bodyId %}{% endblock %}">
        <nav></nav>
        <header></header>
        <ul class="breadcrumb">
            {% block breadcrumb %}{% endblock %}
        </ul>
        <section class="rightColumn"></section>
        <section class="mainContainer">
            {% block body %}{% endblock %}
        </section>
        <footer></footer>
        <script></script>
        {% block appendScript %}{% endblock %}
    </body>
</html>

    page.html.twig

    {% extends '::layout.html.twig' %}

{% block metaDesc %}Hey, that is my description !{% endblock %}

{% block appendStyle %}
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="path/to/specific.css">
{% endblock %}

{% block bodyId %}index{% endblock %}

{% block breadcrumb %}
    <li><a href="">Homepage</a></li>
{% endblock %}

{% block body %}
    <h1>Awesome Website</h1>
    <h3>Latest news..</h3>
    <article></article>
{% endblock %}
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