Using PHP To Update Parts Of A Page...

I have been told that you can use PHP for things like updating typo's, dates and things like this... This is from a course outline... Can you explain a bit more what they are saying am thinking of doing a PHP course...

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But then it comes time to fix that typo, edit some content or update the year in the copyright notice at the bottom of every page in your site – what a hassle!

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Heh... I think you missed the point slightly :)

The point they were attempting to make was that you can use PHP to include() a single file in several places on your site, meaning that you can make site-wide changes just by modifying that one file.