My page layout looks like this:

Page Header (included file)

Main page

footer (included file)

Since the header page comes before the main page, how do I get the to pull the page title from the contents from my Main page as listed above.

Putting the title on the main page doesnt work and I can put it on the header since other pages also use it.


What am I missing here.

I don't understand you very well but why dont you try this page layout

(header)
(nav bar - if any)
(left or right sidebar - if any)
(main page - included file)
(footer)

This way you have everything on one page and can run a collabo of the GET method and if-elseif-else cycle in the mainpage area to include the right page that is requested for by a link.

within the nav bar you can have something like

<ul>
<li><a href="?page=home">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="?page=about">About<a></li>
<li><a href="?page=contact">Contact</a></li>
</ul>

within the main page you then have something like
<?php
if($_GET['page']=="home"{include('pages/home.php');}
elseif($_GET['page']=="about"{include('pages/about.php');}
elseif($_GET['page']=="contact"{include('pages/contact.php');}
else{include('pages/home.php');}
?>

With this, I am putting all my pages in a sub directory called "pages" of the root directory.
I am also putting all my content for the main page of the homepage in home.php
the last else there will load up the home.php by default, that is when a user visits the site.

Hope its clear somehow, i dont really know how to pass things accross easily but I'm hoping you've gotten my drift anyway.

I have found this method of web development a lot easier to maintain than the traditional way of having multiple pages with the same content.

Thanks Dual Core.

I tried the one you suggested initially and it was ok until I ran into some page linking problems which I didnt try to tackle.

I will go back to it again even though it will mean a lot of work.

We are talking about re-linking close to 30 files here.

Thank you though.