PHP IN HTML

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Submitted on: 6/18/2003 4:02:59 AM
By: G.Ajaykumar
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<font face=arial color=green size=4>PHP IN HTML</font> This Article , will let you know how to include a php file inside a html file , using inline floating frames.

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PHP IN HTML

This Article , will let you know how to include a php file inside a html file
seamlessly, using inline floating frames.
Iframes are simple floating frames (HTML TAG) which can be placed at any required location on a html file. Iframe are said to be faster rendering, less memory, and faster scrolling. They can be stacked over other inline floating frames, Iframes can contain transparent content.
Iframe has an important attribute called as src which acquires the filename to load inside the Iframe, using this attribute you can specify the PHP file to load inside the IFRAME,
Which will resemble as if ,a HTML file were executed .
This technique is applied in many area , one of which is a news portal , which usually generates a static html file as home page and other content pages to save the bandwidth and cope with the heavy load . There is a location where they keep updating the Breaking news . Applying Php in HTML technique will be very useful , in this case , where php file might dynamically perform a dynamic operation to fetch the dynamic content .
and Iframe to display the dynamic contents with in a HTML page.

Let me explain practically how this works out

Create two file named

Test.htm
Test.php

Code for Test.htm
<html>
<head>PHP in HTML<head>
<body>
<h2><font face="arial" color="green"></font></h2><br><br>
<Iframe src="Test.php" width="300" height="600"></Iframe>
</body>
</html>

Code for Test.php
<?phpinfo();?>

Description : Test.htm contains contains the tag Iframe in it , the attribute src="Test.php" of the Iframe Sets or retrieves a URL to be loaded by the object Iframe .
Width and height attributes specifies the width and height of the Iframe in pixels or in percentage.

Coming to the Test.php , <?phpinfo?>this script displays the php configuration file .

Put the files in your webserver root folder (ie wwwroot folder)

Now run the Test.htm, you will be able to see the Test.php loaded inside the Iframe, on the Test.htm

This technique can be applied to include any file into HTML file

Article By

G.Ajaykumar

Jr. Systems Analyst

Ferntech Systems Pvt. Ltd

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6/18/2003 10:14:16 AM:A1Programmer
I would much prefer including HTML in PHP.

6/19/2003 6:57:29 AM:JccSoft
Lol

6/19/2003 11:21:23 AM:MavDude
lol.. genius

6/19/2003 11:52:29 AM:ICode
One small problem... IFrames are only supported by IE :(

6/19/2003 11:55:48 AM:FirebirdDE
It is really possible to connect Html with Php ? Wow. I wonder why this great feature isn't listed in php.net's feature list. -.-

6/19/2003 1:21:15 PM:Ryan K.
it would be eaiser to put: AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm .html to a .htaccess file :)

6/19/2003 4:47:09 PM:Mike Glover
i agree to that last one, hah, because it is what i have done on my server... =)

6/21/2003 9:22:49 PM:
WONDERFUL...!!!!!!! I use it to refresh an encrypted php file which work only if I refresh it in the browser Thanks a lot for this article...!!!

6/22/2003 1:09:04 PM:Ryan K.
to the comment above: php is server side it's obviously not going to change until you refresh the page..

6/24/2003 3:31:05 AM:hardanro
This iframe things is used in many traffic sites, which use a small image (which is backed-up by a php script), in the referer page to find informations about the visitors of that page (ip, where they came from,time etc). Also is used in banners managament.

7/5/2003 10:01:12 PM:
i agree with

7/8/2003 10:41:33 AM:
Problem with the .htaccess method is if you also put set it up to parse,say .html for SSI, you can't set .html to go thru the php processer as well..just don't work..drove me nuts for 3 days..lol...

7/10/2003 9:42:56 AM:flump cakes
you could just use < script type="php"> codehere

7/10/2003 1:27:23 PM:
well, you have a nice article. but you can consider this article as a guide in practicing your skill in php and html. just my thought...

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