Try this:
PHP Code:
// _menu.php _prefix to show include and only part of a page
$a=array
{
'index.php?page=name' => 'search by name',
'index.php?page=fname' => 'search by fname',
'index.php?page=age' => 'search by age',
}
echo "<ul>";
foreach($a as $url => $item)
{
echo '<li>';
echo "<a href='" .$url ."'><span>" .$item .'<span></a>';
echo '</li>';
}
echo '</ul>';
and your main page:
PHP Code:
// index.php
<html>
<...header/title/css/etc...>
<body>
<div id='outer'>
<div id='menu'>
<?php include '_menu.php';?>
</div>
<div id='content'
<?php
$inc_page = isset($_GET['page']) ? $_GET['page'] : 'blurb';
if( ! file_exists( $inc_page ) )
{
$inc_page = 'blurb';
}
include '_' .$inc_page .'.php';
?>
</div>
<div id='footer'>
<?php include '_footer.php';?>
</div>
</div?<?php /* outer */ ?>
<body>
</html>
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