PHP in XHTML

Capm · Post by **Capm** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:48 pm

Anyone know if there is a way to display a php page inside an xhtml page?

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:25 pm

Huh? Do you want to include the PHP page's source in the file, or do you want it to be processed? Either way, your \"XHTML Document\" will have to be a PHP page that outputs XHTML (well, you could use an IFRAME or LAYER to include the PHP page's contents).

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:18 pm

xhtml is a standard for formatting the content of a data stream sent by a web server.

In short, you can keep the extension as php. PHP doesn't really give a damn if its XHTML, HTML 4.0 or PNG.

Capm · Post by **Capm** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:56 pm

IFRAME worked. never used that before... this is the first xhtml i've worked with.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:33 am

The question is why isn't your PHP file outputting the XHTML instead? Less convoluted than using an IFRAME.

Capm · Post by **Capm** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:54 am

Well, because its the portal for a forum software - the original php is outputting xhtml - but that side of it is complex as hell and I don't want to touch it, where the xhtml templates are easy to access and edit and I can understand essentially what it is doing.

The Iframe works nicely, don't know why you don't care for it. (www.midnightsquadron.com is what I'm fiddling with)

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:01 am

I don't like IFRAMEs because they were originally an IE-specific addition and therefore there's nothing binding Firefox, Opera, et al to even implement it (in fact, Netscape/Mozilla has LAYER for the same purpose). Luckily, since it's been around since around the days of HTML 3.0, most browsers do implement it.