So I have a regular PHP page which includes the header, body, and the

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Asked: May 20, 20262026-05-20T16:12:39+00:00 2026-05-20T16:12:39+00:00

So I have a regular PHP page which includes the header, body, and the footer.

So

<?php include('header.html');
?>
So header.html has <html>... content </html>

Same with Footer.html

and the index.php has one <html>Tag too.</html>

So is this bad for SEO or something else?

How to fix it?

Thanks.

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-20T16:12:40+00:00

Search engines will see exactly what the browser sees. So they know as much about your includes as the user: Nothing.

However, according your question your HTML code is horribly invalid as it seems to look like that:

<html>header stuff</html>
<html>page stuff</html>
<html>footer stuff</html>

Your templates should be like that:

<html><head>...</head><body>some common content stuff for all pages

some stuff for your body

some common content stuff for all pages</body></html>

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