to include or not to include

[nabeels786]

Hello all,

I'm currently using a Dreamweaver template for my site, so the header is about 50 lines, and the footer about 50 too.

I was wondering, is it better (ie, uses less bandwidth) to include the header/footer in instead of have the html code repeat each time?

I know it makes it more readable, but other than that, is there an advantage?

<my header code>
...
<my php code>
...
<my footer code>


///or

include("path/to/header");
<my php code>
include("path/to/footer"); 

Thanks