I have not designed a web site in a long time, only maintain my existing sites where were made from scratch years ago. Currently they are static html with php embedded in them as required.
I am about to create a new website from scratch and debating, would I be better off using pure php such as making a CMS type site, or is my existing method ok? I'm speaking more or less from a performance perspective. I am guessing the less php a site has the lighter it is on the server, but is this really even an issue to consider now days? I'm thinking of even just having a base template that calls header() has the body coded in, and footer() that way at least if I change stuff in the header/footer of the site I only do it once.
I'm not a big fan of premade CMSes I find they're too bulky to work with and too "cookie cutter", so that's not really an option I'm looking at.
I am about to create a new website from scratch and debating, would I be better off using pure php such as making a CMS type site, or is my existing method ok? I'm speaking more or less from a performance perspective. I am guessing the less php a site has the lighter it is on the server, but is this really even an issue to consider now days? I'm thinking of even just having a base template that calls header() has the body coded in, and footer() that way at least if I change stuff in the header/footer of the site I only do it once.
I'm not a big fan of premade CMSes I find they're too bulky to work with and too "cookie cutter", so that's not really an option I'm looking at.