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");
 
 
 ?>