# PHP Server-side Includes

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**Created:** [August 23, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-server-side-includes/160172 "2005-08-23T22:47:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-server-side-includes/160172/1 "2005-08-23T22:47:25Z")

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You know how when you do a PHP include of an html file (for example), it kind of overlaps the page that you’re ‘including’ it on?

E.g. you might have a generic template with a navigation bar at the top and want the content to be positioned on that page beneath the nav bar, so you could do a server-side include to lay the content page over the top of the page that has the nav bar at the top…

My question is: is it possible to do the same with a txt file? (for example, if someone has written an FAQ as a txt file and I wanted to place it onto a page with a nav bar). Can anyone point me in the direction of an online example of this being done?

I would try it myself, but I don’t have access to a server with php, etc.

Thanx for any help you can give 🙂