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Create A Dynamic And Interactive Site With PHP Include

PHP is a powerful server-side scripting language for creating dynamic and interactive web sites. You can find free PHP scripts that lets you add interactivity to your web site. The more interactive your web site the more interesting and that results in repeat and loyal visitors. Your visitors stay longer and come back more often and, after all, thats what we all are striving to do.

PHP is widely-used, it's free, and it's an efficient alternative to Microsoft's (Windows) ASP. The great thing about PHP is that it's perfectly suited for Web development and can be embedded directly into the HTML code. That's right, you can use it with HTML.

The PHP include function

PHP can make life so much easier for anyone that builds and administers their own web site. The larger your site grows the more you need PHP. Especially the PHP include function. With the PHP include function you can make changes to one file, such as the menu, instead of changing the coding of each and every page.

For an example, when you make a change to your menu, such as adding a page, instead of going through your site and making the change on every page of your web site, you simply make changes to your menu.php file and your done. You can make changes to this file without touching any of the pages on your web site and the changes appear throughout your site. Great stuff.

To use the PHP Include function you simply write the code and embed it where you want your menu in your HTML code. Thats it, now all you need do is change your menu.php file and the changes appear throughout your site. You can learn how to use the PHP Include function at Web Essential PHP Include.

The banner rotator

One of the many PHP scripts that I use, and one of my favorites, is a PHP banner rotator. I use the banner rotator to automatically change the ads of products that I sell on my web sites. Each time the page is reloaded a new ad appears. This keeps the page fresh with new content, plus it gives your ads maximum exposure. You can see a PHP banner rotator in action and learn how to add it to your site by visiting my web site at www.pro-dezign.com.

The banner rotator can be used for many other tasks. You can rotate text, images, ads, articles or what ever. It's great for keeping your pages fresh and interesting.

There are tons of free PHP scripts available that are great for making your job easier or for adding interactivity to your web site. Some of the other scripts that I use are, login scripts, phpgraphy (an image album), link exchange and phpbb (a popular forum script). All of these scripts are free and fairly easy to install and administer.

By taking the little time needed to learn to use PHP you can turn your web site into the dynamic site that attracts both visitors and links

Happy PHPeeing!