Frames with PHP

Question

Can I use HTML Frames with PHP?

I presumed I can do this by..

<?php session_start(); require("auth.php"); require("do_html_header.php"); if($_SESSION['SESS_admin'] == 0) require("do_menu.php"); else require("do_menu3.php"); do_html_header(); print"<h1>Welcome ". $_SESSION['SESS_FIRST_NAME']."!</h1>"; do_menu(); ?> </body> <frameset rows="50%,50%"> <frame noresize="noresize" src="limits.php" /> <frame noresize="noresize" src="limits.php" /> </frameset> </html>

I have put it everywhere but it seems not to show up..

Google just confused me.

Thanks in Advance :D

Frames have nothing to do with PHP really. As long as the PHP scripts output valid HTML, everything will work fine. What you are showing above (a body and a frameset element in the same document) is not valid HTML — Pekka
– Pekka, Commented Jan 5, 2011 at 3:45

BoltClock · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-05 03:45:52Z

You can use PHP with HTML framesets, but you shouldn't be outputting anything in a <body> element of a frameset page (even then it should be <noframes>, not <body>). Content goes within the individual pages contained by your <frame /> elements.

Anyway, don't use frames. PHP as a templating language is meant to help you separate components of your pages by way of includes, rendering framesets completely unnecessary in the first place.

mario · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-05 04:09:20Z

Yes, you can use frames. But you'll have to output the actual content in the frameset files, in your case limits.php. Beware of a few things here:

Starting the session in the frameset file is ok.
But you'll also have to session_start() in the limits.php frame content file.
Likewise the HTTP authentication should be performed in all frame files.
Do not assume that people cannot access do_menu3.php directly.

I've previously used frames for implementing a NortonCommand-clone for the web, where it's more senseful than CSS-arranging divs. However, handling jQuery is more cumbersome with frames. In regards to PHP it's as simple as treating every frame script as individual entry script.

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