php code before html

**perseus** · 09 November 2009, 06:52 PM

I am a Xara Xtreme 5 advanced user and would like to insert php code in a placeholder or using any other method (from xx5 or xwd) before the <html> tag.

I have used the <head> command in placeholders (Thanks covoxer) and use it extensively, but for a certain script I need to insert code before the <html> tag.

It would be nice to have a list of tricks for placeholders targeted to PHP programmers like myself.

Xara Xtreme is amazing!!

Thanks

**ckh** · 09 November 2009, 09:12 PM

If you are a php programmer, it shouldn't be any problem to just open up the html file with a text editor and insert the php code you need.

**steve.ledger** · 09 November 2009, 09:35 PM

Chris, the problem with this approach is that each time you re edit/update your main .xar or .web file and re export, those hand edits are lost.
Placeholders preserve inserted scripts and snippets.

**dcollard** · 18 November 2009, 04:47 PM

Hear, hear, Perseus. I have the same probelem (and have accidentally started another thread on the subject). The guy who said a competent php programmer should be able to had edit clearly hasn't tried this with dozens of files where the intiial code is overwritten by Web Designer. IN my case (prob yours too) I need session_start() before any html code (in fact before anything). It's so annoying it's stopping me using Web Designer for some projects that I would otherwise be real happy to use it on. Come on Xara give us a fix!

**covoxer** · 18 November 2009, 08:04 PM

We'll cerainly shall.

**ab29** · 19 November 2009, 12:21 PM

I suppose you export your page into .htm ?

**perseus** · 19 November 2009, 12:35 PM

dcollard,

You are absolutely right, that is my case also with sessions and exporting dozens of files. Additionally when we use the header for redirections and for many other functions we need to have php before html.

Covoxer, thanks for taking care of that.

ab29, when I export the files even if I name the first page index.php it is exported as index.htm or index.html they are the only options for the first page, if someone knows how to export direct to index.php please let us know. The other pages (In a multipage design) will be exported with the php extension without problems.

Sledger, you are right also.

**covoxer** · 19 November 2009, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by perseus

if someone knows how to export direct to index.php please let us know. The other pages (In a multipage design) will be exported with the php extension without problems.

Just insert a dummy first page.

**perseus** · 19 November 2009, 12:47 PM

Just insert a dummy first page.

It didn't cross my mind ....cool solution ...he he

**Drwyd** · 19 November 2009, 04:56 PM

dcollard

There is probably a very good reason why this will not work, I am only slightly familiar with PHP but why not create a PHP file with the session_start() code on the first line and drop in the Xara output as an include file?