Edit only one php file for a whole site?

[Ty44ler]

I am building a site that has a ton of pages, but the layout is all the same and is only changed by the directory that the php functions call.

 

Is it possible to make a function that calls an external php file so that I only have to edit one file when making a change to the site?

[MadTechie]

$contents = file_get_contents("myfile.html");
//or
include("myfile.html");

[Ty44ler]

Does the file that has all the editable code go into the web root?

[MadTechie]

It doesn't matter..

[Ty44ler]

There's my error...

 

Warning: file_get_contents(EditCode.php) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\My Dropbox\Project Files\5th IBCT Brigade and Battalion HQ\index.php on line 2

[MadTechie]

2 things

#1 you need to use quotes

file_get_contents(EditCode.php);

should be

file_get_contents("EditCode.php");

 

#2 if the file contains php code your get the php code back (not the results)

using include will give the php code results