'Nother geek question

[bubosquared]

Say I want to use one template for all my pages, have the template in one file, and the actual content in another. Template meaning including things like links to other parts of the site, "back" links, etc. Is this something I can do with XML, or do I need PHP or whatever for that?

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[eponymous.livejournal.com]

Drive-by commenting. :)

Xml, no. Server-side includes (ssi) are designed for exactly the sort of thing that you're talking about, but you could also do it with php, yep.