Worked out a class to easily include subpages/content and put the footer in a function

includes/dbconnect.php

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ require "config.php";
 
 // Connect to MySQL database
 $link = mysql_connect($host, $user, $password)
-    or die("Could not connect...");
+    or terminate("Could not connect...");
 
 mysql_select_db($database)
-    or die("Could not open database");
+    or terminate("Could not open database");
 
 
 ?>

includes/htmlcode.php

@@ -15,4 +15,16 @@ function end_html()
 	print "\n\n</body>\n</html>\n";
 }
 
+function footer()
+{
+    print "
+        </div>
+        <div id=\"footer\">
+            <p>&copy; 2014 - Jack-Benny Persson</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</body>
+
+</html>";
+}
 ?>

includes/miscfunc.php

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+function terminate($message="")
+{
+    print "$message\n";
+    footer();
+    exit(1);
+}
+?>