Re: Include Files in HTML

----- Original Message ---- > From: "sono-io@fannullone.us" <sono-io@fannullone.us> > To: PHP General List <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Friday, September 4, 2009 12:57:08 PM > Subject: [PHP] Include Files in HTML > > In my readings, I've run across examples showing include files being called > from within the tags, and other examples showing them called > within . I've always put them in the header section myself, but I > was wondering if one is better than the other, or is it just personal > preference? > > Frank > > --PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Depends on your application design and/or your desired result. If you design your application to do all processing before output is sent starting with <html>, then all your includes goes before <html>. If you want to have the modular approach of including css & js files inside the <head> element, you don't have to worry about going back to changing every single output file when you decide the change your layout or javascript framework. It also makes your code page a bit cleaner when you do use include in the <head>. If you want to make use of chunked encoding, you can including the rest within the <body>. Thus, include everything before <html> gives you a slight pause 'waiting for reply...' in the status bar before the client even begin to download anything. When includes are scattered all over, server processes some sends the web browser info, here go fetch some more (css, js, images) until the the last buffered output is sent </html> (that is if your page is compliant ;) Regards, Tommy