Codezwiz >> Forums >> General PHP Nuke Help >> php vs html in a header/footer

is there any reason for making the header and/or footer of a phpnuke theme in php rather than html? ive noticed that most commercial themes use php for the header/footer but i really dont see any advantages over html. could someone please clarify? thanks in advance.

PHP is server side while HTML is client side. Several reasons why this is done but it is mainly due to page weight and speed.

It takes the server a little longer to parse HTML then output it than it is for PHP thus hindering or taking page loads a little bit longer. Plus PHP is dynamic while HTML is static. Each time a page is "called" by the user, a different piece of information is loaded when it is in PHP which is why it is called dynamic. If you notice, the system time info at the top of this site, it always chages everytime the page is loaded. If that were done in HTML then it will not update until the webmaster changes it per second...and that would be a doozy to do!

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