Is it possible to link to a header.php and footer.php from different folder sources?

I'm a beginner at PHP.
I have multiple webpages residing in different locations. So when I wish to link to header.php and footer.php from the webpages in different folders, is it possible to do so? As shown in the picture, I have to create three different folders, containing same files, header.php and footer.php, to be able to link from three different sources.
With Best regards!

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edited Nov 16 at 10:11

Masivuye Cokile

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Yes it is possible
– Masivuye Cokile
Nov 16 at 10:03

you can use <?php include('header.php'); ?> and also footer in your main page
– Vpa
Nov 16 at 10:06

1

Put your header.php and footer.php in another folder named "includes" and in your index folder any php file write below code. At the beginning of file add header file. include_once("../includes/header.php"); At the end of file include footer file. include_once("../includes/footer.php");
– Yogendrasinh
Nov 16 at 10:07

check this question, it is already answered here stackoverflow.com/questions/8054638/…
– Vpa
Nov 16 at 10:09

1

Possible duplicate of Creating a PHP header/footer
– Masivuye Cokile
Nov 16 at 10:10

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enter image description here

edited Nov 16 at 10:11

Masivuye Cokile

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asked Nov 16 at 10:02

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Yes it is possible
– Masivuye Cokile
Nov 16 at 10:03

you can use <?php include('header.php'); ?> and also footer in your main page
– Vpa
Nov 16 at 10:06

1

Put your header.php and footer.php in another folder named "includes" and in your index folder any php file write below code. At the beginning of file add header file. include_once("../includes/header.php"); At the end of file include footer file. include_once("../includes/footer.php");
– Yogendrasinh
Nov 16 at 10:07

check this question, it is already answered here stackoverflow.com/questions/8054638/…
– Vpa
Nov 16 at 10:09

1

Possible duplicate of Creating a PHP header/footer
– Masivuye Cokile
Nov 16 at 10:10

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edited Nov 16 at 10:11

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php dynamic webpage

edited Nov 16 at 10:11

Masivuye Cokile

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asked Nov 16 at 10:02

Zet.C.N

edited Nov 16 at 10:11

Masivuye Cokile

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asked Nov 16 at 10:02

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edited Nov 16 at 10:11

Masivuye Cokile

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edited Nov 16 at 10:11

Masivuye Cokile

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edited Nov 16 at 10:11

Masivuye Cokile

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asked Nov 16 at 10:02

Zet.C.N

asked Nov 16 at 10:02

Zet.C.N

asked Nov 16 at 10:02

Zet.C.N

3

Yes it is possible
– Masivuye Cokile
Nov 16 at 10:03

you can use <?php include('header.php'); ?> and also footer in your main page
– Vpa
Nov 16 at 10:06

1

Put your header.php and footer.php in another folder named "includes" and in your index folder any php file write below code. At the beginning of file add header file. include_once("../includes/header.php"); At the end of file include footer file. include_once("../includes/footer.php");
– Yogendrasinh
Nov 16 at 10:07

check this question, it is already answered here stackoverflow.com/questions/8054638/…
– Vpa
Nov 16 at 10:09

1

Possible duplicate of Creating a PHP header/footer
– Masivuye Cokile
Nov 16 at 10:10

add a comment |

3

Yes it is possible
– Masivuye Cokile
Nov 16 at 10:03

you can use <?php include('header.php'); ?> and also footer in your main page
– Vpa
Nov 16 at 10:06

1

Put your header.php and footer.php in another folder named "includes" and in your index folder any php file write below code. At the beginning of file add header file. include_once("../includes/header.php"); At the end of file include footer file. include_once("../includes/footer.php");
– Yogendrasinh
Nov 16 at 10:07

check this question, it is already answered here stackoverflow.com/questions/8054638/…
– Vpa
Nov 16 at 10:09

1

Possible duplicate of Creating a PHP header/footer
– Masivuye Cokile
Nov 16 at 10:10

Yes it is possible
– Masivuye Cokile
Nov 16 at 10:03

you can use <?php include('header.php'); ?> and also footer in your main page
– Vpa
Nov 16 at 10:06

Put your header.php and footer.php in another folder named "includes" and in your index folder any php file write below code. At the beginning of file add header file. include_once("../includes/header.php"); At the end of file include footer file. include_once("../includes/footer.php");
– Yogendrasinh
Nov 16 at 10:07

check this question, it is already answered here stackoverflow.com/questions/8054638/…
– Vpa
Nov 16 at 10:09

Possible duplicate of Creating a PHP header/footer
– Masivuye Cokile
Nov 16 at 10:10

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Yes it is possible to use a single footer.php and single header.php files and load them anytime you need.

What I would suggest you can do is that you create an include folder, then inside the include folder create another folder called common where by you will place website that elements that are always the same throughout the website ie, footer and header.

then I would also place a functions file inside the includes where I will place my website functions. Included in this function file is a function that I will use anytime I want to use the header.php and footer.php files.

enter image description here

Functions.php

<?php



    function loadView($viename,$meta=){

        //load footer/header page

        include_once "common/$viename.php";

}



//any other functions

The loadView() function is used anytime you want to load these two dynamic files. This functions takes two parameters 1 optional. The first parameter is the name of the view you want to load which is header or footer then the second optional is the meta information important for the header file, as the page title and meta description needs to be dynamic and change according to the page.

header.php

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

    <title><?=$meta['pagetitle']?><!-- Dynamic page title --></title>

    <meta name="description" content="<?=$meta['pagedescription']?>"><!-- Dynamic description -->



    <!-- load your styles -->

</head>

<body>

    <header>

        <nav>

            <!-- Your page navigation -->

            <ul>

                <li><a href="index.php">Home</a></li>

                <li><a href="about.php">About</a></li>

                <li><a href="anotherpage">Another Page</a>

            </ul>

        </nav>

    </header>

footer.php

<footer>

    footer content



    <p>&copy; website name <?=date('Y')?>

</footer>



</body>

</html>

Main website pages

Your main website pages are pages such as index, about,services etc.

In these pages you would load the functions file, then be able to load the header and footer.

index.php

<?php

    include 'includes/functions.php';



    //meta info

$meta = array(

        'pagetitle' => 'Welcome to my site | site | bla bla',

        'pagedescription' => 'This is your website description'

   );



loadview('header',$meta); //load heade

?>



<section>

    <div id="content">

        <p>Page Content</p>

    </div>



</section>

<?php



    loadview("footer"); //load footer

?>

About Page

<?php

    include 'includes/functions.php';

$meta = array(

        'pagetitle' => 'About Us',

        'pagedescription' => 'This is about page'

   );



loadview('header',$meta);

?>



<section>

    <div id="content">

        <p>Page Content</p>

    </div>



</section>

<!-- load footer -->

<?php



    loadview("footer");

?>

Hope this gives you the idea on how you could achieve your goal, there are many ways you can achieve this.

Let me know when you need any help

answered Nov 16 at 11:23

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   Assign values for $h_path and $f_path dynamically.

    <?php 



   $h_path = '';

   $f_path = '';



   include($h_path.'header.php'); 

   include($f_path.'footer.php'); 

   ?>

answered Nov 16 at 10:12

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My apologies for not providing enough information about the issues. My issue is that, when the index.php refers to the header and footer by "includes/header.php" and "includes/footer.php" respectively, and other webpages are located inside another folder which needs to access the includes folder via "../includes/header.php". There is no problem while referring to the files but the issue occurs when headers.php targets the webpages inside when it is written to only work with index.php. For example, would only work on index.php but not on the php files inside the folder which needs , But I'll try with $h_path = ''; and $f_path = '' soon.

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Yes it is possible to use a single footer.php and single header.php files and load them anytime you need.

enter image description here

Functions.php

<?php



    function loadView($viename,$meta=){

        //load footer/header page

        include_once "common/$viename.php";

}



//any other functions

header.php

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

    <title><?=$meta['pagetitle']?><!-- Dynamic page title --></title>

    <meta name="description" content="<?=$meta['pagedescription']?>"><!-- Dynamic description -->



    <!-- load your styles -->

</head>

<body>

    <header>

        <nav>

            <!-- Your page navigation -->

            <ul>

                <li><a href="index.php">Home</a></li>

                <li><a href="about.php">About</a></li>

                <li><a href="anotherpage">Another Page</a>

            </ul>

        </nav>

    </header>

footer.php

<footer>

    footer content



    <p>&copy; website name <?=date('Y')?>

</footer>



</body>

</html>

Main website pages

Your main website pages are pages such as index, about,services etc.

In these pages you would load the functions file, then be able to load the header and footer.

index.php

<?php

    include 'includes/functions.php';



    //meta info

$meta = array(

        'pagetitle' => 'Welcome to my site | site | bla bla',

        'pagedescription' => 'This is your website description'

   );



loadview('header',$meta); //load heade

?>



<section>

    <div id="content">

        <p>Page Content</p>

    </div>



</section>

<?php



    loadview("footer"); //load footer

?>

About Page

<?php

    include 'includes/functions.php';

$meta = array(

        'pagetitle' => 'About Us',

        'pagedescription' => 'This is about page'

   );



loadview('header',$meta);

?>



<section>

    <div id="content">

        <p>Page Content</p>

    </div>



</section>

<!-- load footer -->

<?php



    loadview("footer");

?>

Hope this gives you the idea on how you could achieve your goal, there are many ways you can achieve this.

Let me know when you need any help

answered Nov 16 at 11:23

Masivuye Cokile

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Yes it is possible to use a single footer.php and single header.php files and load them anytime you need.

enter image description here

Functions.php

<?php



    function loadView($viename,$meta=){

        //load footer/header page

        include_once "common/$viename.php";

}



//any other functions

header.php

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

    <title><?=$meta['pagetitle']?><!-- Dynamic page title --></title>

    <meta name="description" content="<?=$meta['pagedescription']?>"><!-- Dynamic description -->



    <!-- load your styles -->

</head>

<body>

    <header>

        <nav>

            <!-- Your page navigation -->

            <ul>

                <li><a href="index.php">Home</a></li>

                <li><a href="about.php">About</a></li>

                <li><a href="anotherpage">Another Page</a>

            </ul>

        </nav>

    </header>

footer.php

<footer>

    footer content



    <p>&copy; website name <?=date('Y')?>

</footer>



</body>

</html>

Main website pages

Your main website pages are pages such as index, about,services etc.

In these pages you would load the functions file, then be able to load the header and footer.

index.php

<?php

    include 'includes/functions.php';



    //meta info

$meta = array(

        'pagetitle' => 'Welcome to my site | site | bla bla',

        'pagedescription' => 'This is your website description'

   );



loadview('header',$meta); //load heade

?>



<section>

    <div id="content">

        <p>Page Content</p>

    </div>



</section>

<?php



    loadview("footer"); //load footer

?>

About Page

<?php

    include 'includes/functions.php';

$meta = array(

        'pagetitle' => 'About Us',

        'pagedescription' => 'This is about page'

   );



loadview('header',$meta);

?>



<section>

    <div id="content">

        <p>Page Content</p>

    </div>



</section>

<!-- load footer -->

<?php



    loadview("footer");

?>

Hope this gives you the idea on how you could achieve your goal, there are many ways you can achieve this.

Let me know when you need any help

answered Nov 16 at 11:23

Masivuye Cokile

4,14321329

add a comment |

Yes it is possible to use a single footer.php and single header.php files and load them anytime you need.

enter image description here

Functions.php

<?php



    function loadView($viename,$meta=){

        //load footer/header page

        include_once "common/$viename.php";

}



//any other functions

header.php

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

    <title><?=$meta['pagetitle']?><!-- Dynamic page title --></title>

    <meta name="description" content="<?=$meta['pagedescription']?>"><!-- Dynamic description -->



    <!-- load your styles -->

</head>

<body>

    <header>

        <nav>

            <!-- Your page navigation -->

            <ul>

                <li><a href="index.php">Home</a></li>

                <li><a href="about.php">About</a></li>

                <li><a href="anotherpage">Another Page</a>

            </ul>

        </nav>

    </header>

footer.php

<footer>

    footer content



    <p>&copy; website name <?=date('Y')?>

</footer>



</body>

</html>

Main website pages

Your main website pages are pages such as index, about,services etc.

In these pages you would load the functions file, then be able to load the header and footer.

index.php

<?php

    include 'includes/functions.php';



    //meta info

$meta = array(

        'pagetitle' => 'Welcome to my site | site | bla bla',

        'pagedescription' => 'This is your website description'

   );



loadview('header',$meta); //load heade

?>



<section>

    <div id="content">

        <p>Page Content</p>

    </div>



</section>

<?php



    loadview("footer"); //load footer

?>

About Page

<?php

    include 'includes/functions.php';

$meta = array(

        'pagetitle' => 'About Us',

        'pagedescription' => 'This is about page'

   );



loadview('header',$meta);

?>



<section>

    <div id="content">

        <p>Page Content</p>

    </div>



</section>

<!-- load footer -->

<?php



    loadview("footer");

?>

Hope this gives you the idea on how you could achieve your goal, there are many ways you can achieve this.

Let me know when you need any help

answered Nov 16 at 11:23

Masivuye Cokile

4,14321329

Yes it is possible to use a single footer.php and single header.php files and load them anytime you need.

enter image description here

Functions.php

<?php



    function loadView($viename,$meta=){

        //load footer/header page

        include_once "common/$viename.php";

}



//any other functions

header.php

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

    <title><?=$meta['pagetitle']?><!-- Dynamic page title --></title>

    <meta name="description" content="<?=$meta['pagedescription']?>"><!-- Dynamic description -->



    <!-- load your styles -->

</head>

<body>

    <header>

        <nav>

            <!-- Your page navigation -->

            <ul>

                <li><a href="index.php">Home</a></li>

                <li><a href="about.php">About</a></li>

                <li><a href="anotherpage">Another Page</a>

            </ul>

        </nav>

    </header>

footer.php

<footer>

    footer content



    <p>&copy; website name <?=date('Y')?>

</footer>



</body>

</html>

Main website pages

Your main website pages are pages such as index, about,services etc.

In these pages you would load the functions file, then be able to load the header and footer.

index.php

<?php

    include 'includes/functions.php';



    //meta info

$meta = array(

        'pagetitle' => 'Welcome to my site | site | bla bla',

        'pagedescription' => 'This is your website description'

   );



loadview('header',$meta); //load heade

?>



<section>

    <div id="content">

        <p>Page Content</p>

    </div>



</section>

<?php



    loadview("footer"); //load footer

?>

About Page

<?php

    include 'includes/functions.php';

$meta = array(

        'pagetitle' => 'About Us',

        'pagedescription' => 'This is about page'

   );



loadview('header',$meta);

?>



<section>

    <div id="content">

        <p>Page Content</p>

    </div>



</section>

<!-- load footer -->

<?php



    loadview("footer");

?>

Hope this gives you the idea on how you could achieve your goal, there are many ways you can achieve this.

Let me know when you need any help

answered Nov 16 at 11:23

Masivuye Cokile

4,14321329

answered Nov 16 at 11:23

Masivuye Cokile

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answered Nov 16 at 11:23

Masivuye Cokile

4,14321329

answered Nov 16 at 11:23

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add a comment |

   Assign values for $h_path and $f_path dynamically.

    <?php 



   $h_path = '';

   $f_path = '';



   include($h_path.'header.php'); 

   include($f_path.'footer.php'); 

   ?>

answered Nov 16 at 10:12

Lakshika Wijayasinghe

245

add a comment |

   Assign values for $h_path and $f_path dynamically.

    <?php 



   $h_path = '';

   $f_path = '';



   include($h_path.'header.php'); 

   include($f_path.'footer.php'); 

   ?>

answered Nov 16 at 10:12

Lakshika Wijayasinghe

245

add a comment |

   Assign values for $h_path and $f_path dynamically.

    <?php 



   $h_path = '';

   $f_path = '';



   include($h_path.'header.php'); 

   include($f_path.'footer.php'); 

   ?>

answered Nov 16 at 10:12

Lakshika Wijayasinghe

245

   Assign values for $h_path and $f_path dynamically.

    <?php 



   $h_path = '';

   $f_path = '';



   include($h_path.'header.php'); 

   include($f_path.'footer.php'); 

   ?>

answered Nov 16 at 10:12

Lakshika Wijayasinghe

245

answered Nov 16 at 10:12

Lakshika Wijayasinghe

245

answered Nov 16 at 10:12

Lakshika Wijayasinghe

245

answered Nov 16 at 10:12

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