How do I use meta tags in a php website?

Usalabs1 · Aug 30, 2004

After finding out about how to use meta tags for search engines, I found that the only way I can make use of meta tags is to use redirection. E.G, using a blank index.htm with the meta tags for search and title, etc etc, and redirected to the php page using <meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="0;url=index.php"> but.....search engines will ignore redirection, so that means that php pages can not be crawled, if this is the case, then I need to convert all my php pages into html.

the php site can be checked out at

http://pchelp.tezandbabs.us

there is only one page that makes use of mixed html and php, but that's only part of the template used, the main index file is pure php.

Does anybody know how I can use html meta tags (or a php equivelant) in a php script?

ChrisHirst · Aug 30, 2004

huh?

php is not a problem for SEs. however meta redirects are.

you use metas exactly as you would in HTML. If your page is entirely scripted then use

Code:

//doctype goes here scripted or included
echo "<html>"
echo "<head>"
echo "<title>"
echo "Your page title goes here"
echo "</title>"
echo "<meta name=' ' content=' ' />"

//... rest of code

you can pull the content from a database or have it as a constant / variable.

PHP (and ASP) are both processed by the server before being sent to the browser / crawler. Your output from the PHP code is HTML, so what they see is what you would see by doing view source on the page in the browser.

Oh and BTW, meta tags are mostly useless for rankings in the SEs.

forum828 SEO.

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Usalabs1 · Aug 30, 2004

the code doesn't work, I get:-

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ECHO, expecting ',' or ';' in C:\pchelp\index.php on line 24

Line 24 = echo "<head>"

I tried the code at the beginning of the file after '<?php' and in the middle, it's the same error but different line number.

cLFlaVA · Aug 30, 2004

Every PHP line must be ended by a ; (semicolon).

I'm sure ChrisHirst was just giving you a quick example, but every line in his example must be followed by a ;

[tt]
//doctype goes here scripted or included
echo "<html>";
echo "<head>";
echo "<title>";
echo "Your page title goes here";
echo "</title>";
echo "<meta name=' ' content=' ' />";

//... rest of code
[/tt]

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ChrisHirst · Aug 30, 2004

The code wasn't intended to be used directly (no semicolons at line ends), more as an example of one option open to you.

Chris.

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So long, and thanks for all the fish.

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