New comment by throwaway04623 in "Rewriting my website in plain HTML and CSS"

throwaway04623 — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:56:35 +0000

> Yes, you must copy and paste content and not having layout page is annoying at time

I think this was one of the most common usages of PHP in the beginning, at least for those who basically wrote static HTML/CSS and needed a header/footer. It was probably a gateway into more advanced dynamic pages, eventually ending up using databases and other advanced functionality.

    

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It would be great if HTML had a similar capability. People have asked for it for over 30 years, so it's unlikely that it will be implemented now.

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