embedding php within html

poissys · 19-02-2008 1:25pm #1

im building a website, using php for the functionality, such as login registration, search and contact us for example
i have already done the php seperately in standalong php, and it works fine.
no i want to get the same php code/functionality working within the css template im using.
is this possible?

here are the two pieces of code
login.php
login.html

first the css template code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<!--
Design by Free CSS Templates
http://www.freecsstemplates.org
Released for free under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License

Name       : Pluralism
Description: A two-column, fixed-width template fit for 1024x768 screen resolutions.
Version    : 1.0
Released   : 20071218

-->
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Search4Trade</title>
<meta name="keywords" content="" />
<meta name="description" content="" />
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper" style="width: 961px; height: 564px">
    <div id="wrapper2">
        <div id="header">
            <div id="logo">
                <h1>search4trade.net</h1>
            </div>
            <div id="menu">
                <ul>
                    <li><a href="#">Search </a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Forum</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Register</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">About Us</a></li>
                    <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
                </ul>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div id="page">
            <div id="content" style="width: 766px; height: 205px">
                <div class="post">
                    <h2 class="title"><a href="#">Welcome to Search4Trade</a></h2>
                    <div class="entry">
&nbsp;</div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
<p style="text-align: center">(c) 2008 Search4Trade.net</p>
</body>


</html>

and now the php:

<?php
// Connects to your Database
mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "password") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("mydatabase") or die(mysql_error());

//Checks if there is a login cookie
if(isset($_COOKIE['ID_my_site']))

//if there is, it logs you in and directes you to the members page
{
$username = $_COOKIE['username'];
$pass = $_COOKIE['password'];
$check = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE username = '$username'")or die(mysql_error());
while($info = mysql_fetch_array( $check ))
{
if ($pass != $info['password'])
{
}
else
{
header("Location: submit.html");

}
}
}

//if the login form is submitted
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) { // if form has been submitted

// makes sure they filled it in
if(!$_POST['username'] | !$_POST['pass']) {
die('You did not fill in a required field.');
}
// checks it against the database


$check = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE username = '".$_POST['username']."'")or die(mysql_error());

//Gives error if user dosen't exist
$check2 = mysql_num_rows($check);
if ($check2 == 0) {
die('That user does not exist in our database.
<ahref=register.php>Click Here to Register</a>');
}
while($info = mysql_fetch_array( $check ))
{
$_POST['pass'] = stripslashes($_POST['pass']);
$info['password'] = stripslashes($info['password']);
$_POST['pass'] = md5($_POST['pass']);

//gives error if the password is wrong
if ($_POST['pass'] != $info['password']) {
die('Incorrect password, please try again.');
}

else
{

// if login is ok then we add a cookie
$_POST['username'] = stripslashes($_POST['username']);
$hour = time() + 3600;
setcookie(ID_my_site, $_POST['username'], $hour);
setcookie(Key_my_site, $_POST['pass'], $hour);

//then redirect them to the members area
include("search1.html");
}
}
}
else
{

// if they are not logged in
?>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>" method="post">
<table border="0">
<tr><td colspan=2><h1>Login</h1></td></tr>
<tr><td>Username:</td><td>
<input type="text" name="username" maxlength="40">
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Password:</td><td>
<input type="password" name="pass" maxlength="50">
</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="right">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Login">
</td></tr>
</table>
</form>
<?php
}

?>

thanks for looking!

Ph3n0m · 19-02-2008 1:51pm

Yes you can

However you need to rename login.html to something else - possible index.php

And then you can use

<?php include ('login.php'); ?>

to include your login stuff into the index.php

The most important thing is that login.html needs to be renamed with a .php extension otherwise the server wont know that php code has to be rendered on the page

embedding php within html

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