How can I get PHP INCLUDE working?

Question

below is my code for php include. I guess I'm inputting the right code, but it just don't seem to abide:

Here is my headertop.php:

'<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"    
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
    <title>HOME</title>
    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
    <meta name="description" content="Slide Down Box Menu with jQuery and CSS3" />
    <meta name="keywords" content="jquery, css3, sliding, box, menu, cube, navigation,    
portfolio, thumbnails"/>
    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/art_favicon.png" type="image/x-  
icon"/>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen"/>
</head>


<header> 
<?php            


 <div id="headertop">

    <div id="adams">

        <p><span style="color: #F60;">A</span>ncajas <span style="color:   
#F60;">D</span>igital <span style="color: #F60;">A</span>rts &amp; <span style="color: 
#F60;">M</span>edia <span style="color: #F60;">S</span>olutions</p>

    </div>

</div>

?>     
</header> 


</head>

</html>'

And here is my index.php:

'<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"    
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
    <title>HOME</title>
    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
    <meta name="description" content="Slide Down Box Menu with jQuery and CSS3" />
    <meta name="keywords" content="jquery, css3, sliding, box, menu, cube, navigation, 
portfolio, thumbnails"/>
    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/art_favicon.png" type="image/x-
icon"/>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen"/>

    <style>

        body{
            background-image: url(images/graphy.png);
            font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
            margin: 0;
            padding: 0;
        }
    </style>

</head>

<header>
<?php

include ('headertop.php');

?>

</header>

<body>

<div id="contents">

</div>

</body>

</html>'

And of course my CSS for the header part:

'#headertop{
width: 1050px;
height: auto;
background-color: #252525;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
position: inherit;  
border-top: solid #F60 2px;
margin-bottom: 0px;

/*border-bottom: solid #F60 1px;*/ 
}

#adams{
font-family:"Trajan Pro";
font-weight: 100;
font-size: 24px;
text-align: center;
color: #CCC;
padding-bottom: 6px;
margin-bottom: 17px;            
}

header{
width: 1050px;
height: 300px;
/*background-image:url(../interactive/product_slideshow.swf);*/
/*background-color: #999;*/
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto; 
}'

Thank you guys for the support.

@aksu Even if it seems to be obvious mistake, please do not change the code of the OP. That _may_ actually be the mistake the OP is making. Rolling back to the first version. — AyB, Apr 06 '14 at 09:18
@ICanHasCheezburger, indeed that doesn't seem a mistake, but purposefully written as it is in literature, to point the beginning and end of a quote. Furthermore, the CSS is not relevant here at all, don't you agree? — Francisco Presencia, Apr 06 '14 at 09:58

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

This should be throwing somewhere an error:

<?php
 <div id="headertop">

It is within your headertop.php. Furthermore, I recommend you to turn errors on while coding so this doesn't happen again.

You don't need to set up the full html in the file you're including, only the bit you want to include. Try changing headertop.php to this:

<div id="headertop">
  <div id="adams">
    <p>
      <span style="color: #F60;">A</span>ncajas
      <span style="color: #F60;">D</span>igital
      <span style="color: #F60;">A</span>rts &amp;
      <span style="color: #F60;">M</span>edia
      <span style="color: #F60;">S</span>olutions
    </p>
  </div>
</div>

How can I get PHP INCLUDE working?

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