I am trying to get my header and footer to be on one file each using php so I only have to edit once to change everything. This is what I do-

<?php include("header.php"; ?>

my content

<?php include("footer.php"; ?>

It still doesn't seem to work. It leaves out the header and footer completely. I have the my pages named with the .php file name, they are in the root folder with header.php and footer.php. What could I be doing wrong?
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