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Using php variables to manipulate the html's title and the body's Id (is anybody doing this?)

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This works, but you should consider using a template engine such as Smarty instead.

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams 2010-02-10 21:13:57

For these purposes, PHP arguably _is_ the templating engine. No need to add another layer on.

benjy 2010-02-10 21:22:05

Answer 2

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Or else use an MVC framework like CakePHP

vectran 2010-02-10 21:18:45

Is it OK to use CakePHP, even if my web page is 98% static (it just display information, pictures and it has a contact form)?

janoChen 2010-02-10 21:21:20

If your site is that static, you don't need to use CakePHP (or any other framework for that matter), it would be just too overloaded with (for this purpose) unnecessary stuff

Cassy 2010-02-10 21:29:08

Answer 3

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Yes, what you're doing is fine. I do something similar with a PageTemplate class. In addition to setting the title and navigation, it allows navigation links to appear based on user authentication, allows javascript and css to be added to the head section, etc.

What you're doing is very common. There are a million ways to do it, but they'll all require setting some variables.

Scott Saunders 2010-02-10 21:20:55

Answer 4

+1 A:

janoChen,

I use the following method:

// get the url

$url= $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

// add a class on the menu item

<ul id="lang">
      <li><a href="index.php" <?php if (strpos($url, "index.php")) { echo " class='active'"; } ?>>English</a></li>

//with css I set a style for the class active

li a.active { 
 color: #990000;
}

But you method also works.

Ole Media 2010-02-10 21:40:49

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