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Splitting a large HTML file into two or more HTML files without JavaScript

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I am developing a modular HTML-PHP-CSS no-JavaScript (JavaScriptless) contact form and the HTML is becoming increasingly large, around 80 lines (and could easily grow to be significantly larger as to say 160 lines), many of which are currently very broad (due to many HTML attributes and nesting) and require horizontal scrolling to edit, which is uncomfortable and raises the chance for typos which could break the code.

Is there a way to split the HTML file into several HTML files without JavaScript and without PHP (an HTML-only soulution)?

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Just Add Line Breaks (9 comments)
I am not exactly sure whether you are asking for a PHP-based or purely HTML-based solution. You didn'... (3 comments)
use iframe (1 comment)
I am not exactly sure whether you are asking for a PHP-based or purely HTML-based solution. You didn'...
elgonzo‭ wrote over 3 years ago · edited over 3 years ago
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I am not exactly sure whether you are asking for a PHP-based solution or something not relying on PHP specifically, as you didn't tag your question as php but you did mention your project being in PHP. Are you perhaps looking for something like PHP's require and/or include statements? (https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.control-structures.php)

deleted user wrote over 3 years ago · edited over 3 years ago
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Thanks, I use the PHP only for the routing (?) maybe routing is the right term.

My PHP file has only one include for the $message variable which has a very large value ; the rest of the file is quite small and I think I want to keep it small and indeed seek an HTML-only solution.

elgonzo‭ wrote over 3 years ago · edited over 3 years ago
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Well, then you might have to go with iframe. Note however, that iframe will not allow you to compose/assemble back the structure of the original whole HTML file for presentation in the web browser. You will have to rather (re)do the layout of your web page with respect to page regions that would/could be rendered by different iframes. That said, this might be rather absurdly cumbersome and complicated -- but then again, if the requirement is strictly "HTML-only" then this is the only way...