In my opinion the best solution uses jQuery:
a.html:
<html>
<head>
<script src="jquery.js"></script>
<script>
$(function(){
$("#includedContent").load("b.html");
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="includedContent"></div>
</body>
</html>
b.html:
<p>This is my include file</p>
This method is a simple and clean solution to my problem.
The jQuery .load() documentation is here.
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In my opinion the best solution uses jQuery:
a.html:
<html>
<head>
<script src="jquery.js"></script>
<script>
$(function(){
$("#includedContent").load("b.html");
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="includedContent"></div>
</body>
</html>
b.html:
<p>This is my include file</p>
This method is a simple and clean solution to my problem.
The jQuery .load() documentation is here.
Expanding lolo's answer, here is a little more automation if you have to include a lot of files. Use this JS code:
$(function () {
var includes = $('[data-include]')
$.each(includes, function () {
var file = 'views/' + $(this).data('include') + '.html'
$(this).load(file)
})
})
And then to include something in the html:
<div data-include="header"></div>
<div data-include="footer"></div>
Which would include the file views/header.html and views/footer.html.
I want to include html code (a header) in another html page (index page).
Using php (include, echo) does work, but why does the tag w3-include-html not work :/.
I used it like this:
<div w3-include-html="path/name/info/htmlcode"></div>
Reference: http://www.w3schools.com/w3css/w3data_includes.asp
Simple way would be to put the header part in a separate html file.
Now load this file in html code using jQuery load function like
$("#headerDiv").load("header.html")
Know that, this will require web server because load function sends a request to server.
Check out the code sample:
demo.html
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(function(){
$("#headerDiv").load("header.html");
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="headerDiv"></div>
<!-- Rest of the code -->
</body>
</html>
header.html
<div >
<a>something</a>
<a>something</a>
</div>
That is called HTML includes, and YES, it is possible
<div w3-include-HTML="content.html">My HTML include will go here.</div>
<script>
(function () {
myHTMLInclude();
function myHTMLInclude() {
var z, i, a, file, xhttp;
z = document.getElementsByTagName("*");
for (i = 0; i < z.length; i++) {
if (z[i].getAttribute("w3-include-html")) {
a = z[i].cloneNode(false);
file = z[i].getAttribute("w3-include-html");
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xhttp.readyState == 4 && xhttp.status == 200) {
a.removeAttribute("w3-include-html");
a.innerHTML = xhttp.responseText;
z[i].parentNode.replaceChild(a, z[i]);
myHTMLInclude();
}
}
xhttp.open("GET", file, true);
xhttp.send();
return;
}
}
}
})();
</script>
NOTES
HTML doesn't have a simple include mechanism (except for frames like iframe, which have side effects).
A better solution would be to use Server-Side includes, which is the preferred way of adding common parts to your document, on the server, of course.