only php code in a .php file?

Question

A very basic question:

I'm creating a WordPress Page Template.

I have a file: pagetemplatename.php

Obviously the file has .php on the end of the name: Is everything in this file php code? Or can CSS and other code go in this file?

Not sure why this is getting downvoted. If you're going to downvote this question, you should explain your reasoning. — Brad, Jul 30 '12 at 19:06
I upvoted to fix that :P, this is a help forum not a snob forum — Branden S. Smith, Jul 30 '12 at 19:07
@BrandenStilgarSueper, pity upvotes don't "fix" blind downvotes. Upvoting the question means you think it's useful and it shows research effort. — Adi, Jul 30 '12 at 19:11
@Adnan and the down-vote indicates that *"This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not useful"*. This question is both clear and useful, even if a major research effort was not undertaken. Two out of three ain't bad. — Matt, Jul 30 '12 at 19:20
@Matt, don't get get me wrong I didn't downvote it. But if you check the OP's questions you'd see that he's treating Stackoverflow as his personal "smart search engine". Yes this question is clear, but it's not useful and it doesn't show research effort. — Adi, Jul 30 '12 at 19:35
@Adnan "useful" is fairly subjective. For a noob it's useful. For someone who bills US$150/hr for their expertise, it's not. +1 for not downvoting. — Matt, Jul 30 '12 at 19:37

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 30 '12 at 19:05

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Your file could look like this:

 <html>
   <body>
     <?php some php code ?>
     <h1>test</h1>
     <?php some more php?>
   </body>
 </html>

The entire file could be php, or you could indicate where you want php to be executed using the <?php ... /> tags.

Check out the intro here.

answered Jul 30 '12 at 19:05

Ryan

you could use short tags as well = ?> – debianek Jul 30 '12 at 19:07
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I thought short tags were being deprecated? – Jim Jul 30 '12 at 19:10
Short tags for output are not being deprecated. ASP-style (` ?>`) is being deprecated, but `= ?>` is not. – Matt Jul 30 '12 at 19:18
Regardless, [don't use PHP short tags](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/200640/are-php-short-tags-acceptable-to-use). – Jezen Thomas Aug 01 '12 at 07:39

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 30 '12 at 19:05

3

Scripting Language always needs markup language to display. so whatever you can done in HTML, you can do the same on .php page

you can write

CSS,JS and HTML

answered Jul 30 '12 at 19:05

xkeshav

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 30 '12 at 19:08

1

You can both separate and combine your PHP / HTML / CSS / Javascript / XML / etc. pages.

You can put your PHP code directly between your HTML tags, or use some sort of templating system to keep your back end code and design separate.

answered Jul 30 '12 at 19:08

Brock B.

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