Implementing a template based website

24 Sep 2001 | by | Filed in
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  1. Introduction
  2. Templates in a DB
  3. Templates in a folder
  4. The PHP Code
  5. A closer look

Introduction

A common requirement when designing a site is the ability to update the layout and HTML of the site, without having to know any PHP (and therefore not deleting that code you spent hours writing). The other advantage of such as system is that PHP and HTML code can be kept entirely seperate, making for far more logical HTML and PHP coding. There are a number of ways to do this, and this tutorial covers just one method, with 2 storage options.

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