How to pass arguments to an included file?

Question

I\'m trying to make the whole section its own include file. One drawback is the title and description and keyword will be the same; I can\'t figure

Answer 1

I noticed nobody suggested using a template engine. I came looking here because for the project I'm working with, a template engine isn't possible and that might be your situation too, however I thought it might be worth mentioning these: Twig (my preferred engine) and Smarty both allow passing specific variables to includes.

I highly recommend the use of a template engine whenever possible, as it simplifies your front end code, adds a layer of abstraction between your front end and back end, and both Twig and Smarty automatically clean the variables you pass to them which helps mitigate XSS attacks.

Twig Example

header.html

index.html

{% include 'header.html' with { 'header' : ''} only %}
Body Text
{% include 'footer.html' %}

Smarty Example

header.tpl

index.tpl

{include 'header.tpl' header=''}
Body Text
{include 'footer.tpl'}