Dynamic a href in HTML - Help

[me_myself]

I am working on a large static website (xHTML) - i need to know if there is a way to have the links in the "a href" tags dynamic - i.e., something like an xml file - if i change it in one place, it should get reflected all over the site. This is a static html website - please help.

Thanks.

[Snookerman]

You can use php include for this:

<?php
include('http://www.me-myself.com/externalcode.txt');
?>

Put that code where you want it to be displayed.
externalcode.txt file:

<a href="http://www.dynamicdrive.com/">DD</a>

Of course you could use javascript or inline frames for this as well.

[me_myself]

Should it only be a php include? Is there anything like a html include - cause i dont think i can convert all the pages to php (php includes will work only if i convert the pages to php - right?).

Please let me know if there is anything like a html or a txt file include - that would make my life a whole lot better

[Snookerman]

You can still use include in html files. All you need to do is add this to your .htaccess file:

#RemoveHandler .html .htm

#AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .html

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .html .htm

If you don't have a .htaccess file you can just open Notepad and add that code in the blank page and save it as .htaccess (not file.htaccess or anything else, just .htaccess). Upload the .htaccess file to your server and you're good to go with the include.

[me_myself]

Snookerman, thanks a lot for the reply. One more question - should i have one include (html) files for one link or can i have one include for all the link and in that html have links for all the a href items?

Thanks

[Snookerman]

You can pretty much include anything: plain text in a .txt file, a .html page, images, .asp, sounds, etc. That's what makes include so great.
So you can put the whole part of your website that you wish to update into the .txt file.

[me_myself]

Thanks for the very useful info.

[me_myself]

snookerman, what would be the syntax if i used a html or a txt file as an include?

I tried <!-- #include virtual="filename.html" --> but it doesn't work.

Thanks

[Snookerman]

Have you tried this:

<?php
include('filename.html');
?>

[me_myself]

After having this php include, the file name should be changed to filename.php or can it be filename.html?

Thanks