如何构建生成html的php

Question

I have a php file and a bunch of HTML elements that include:

1. header
2. css
3. a "spacer" element used repeatedly, static
4. a bunch of templates that will take arguments from the PHP code for what to insert

Basically I'm wondering what the right way to factor all these files in. I'm guessing I should have a file.css in my folder that the php will slurp up into memory and drop in the header information. Should the spacer element be saved as "spacer.html", and the PHP will slurp up one copy of it into a string and drop it into the HTML as necessary? Or should all of these just exist as string constants in the PHP?

It's a little trickier for the dynamic "template" elements because I'm not sure how to separate the HTML and let it have markers that the arguments get dropped into.

Answer 1

You should look into MVC. A popular one right now is CodeIgniter. The idea is you take those HTML "templates" and create (V)iews. PHP uses a (C)ontroller to direct the user and call on (M)odels to fetch data, then send the appropriate variables to the (V)iews for the browser.