Are there PHP Master Pages like in ASP.NET?

Question

I'm new to PHP, but I've made some ASP.NET websites. I'd like to know if you can use a master page with PHP like you can with ASP.NET - something similar to all the different files reference to one master file to show the parts of the website that stay the same.

Answer 1

i haven't seen a php master page juz like asp.net. but if you use some framework like cakePHP, then, things will change. i have use that framework in my site http://urpalate.com the header and footer their are a separate page. so if i make another page, i only make a content for it then put it in the directory corresponding to the content folder and there it is.

Answer 2

In PHP, there is a very similar technique called templating. Instead of a master page, you have a template. The language itself has no built-in templating features, but there are third-party templating engines (Smarty, PHPTAL, and XTemplate, to name a few).

Additionally, if you want to have "real" master pages, it is entirely possible to implement them. Just wrap you master page into a class and include() that class into your content pages...