Website Structure

Question

I\'m pretty new to php and i\'m trying to decide the best way to organize the pages and, using PHP, deliver them. The two (basic) ideas I\'ve had are:

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Answer 1

Given those two choices I would go with number 2. If your site grows to a level that you need a proper framework, moving the single pages without all of the include('header.php'); stuff will be a lot easier. For bonus points use model and view folders in which to put db access and display logic respectively and you're half way to a true MVC environment.

edit to add- a single index with conditional includes also gives your app a single point of entry which can be very valuable for security.