Title: force existing php site into wordpress
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# force existing php site into wordpress

 *  [fesmitty77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fesmitty77/)
 * (@fesmitty77)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-existing-php-site-into-wordpress/)
 * Hi all:
 * I’m using trying to get some existing php into wp and having a bit of difficulty.
   Essentially, I don’t need to do anything other than take the existing php code
   that I have and add the wp theme header and footer to it (so that all our pages
   have a consistent look). I’ve managed to get the initial page of the form that
   I am moving over to look exactly like the rest of the theme (I just made it a
   template and it worked) however when I attempt to do this to the other pages 
   they load as per usual – no header or footer or colors from the theme appear.
   As soon as I add the `get_header` or `get_footer` to a page it just renders completely
   white – no content whatsoever. Thoughts on this? I’m using responsive theme and
   attempting to add the [open source library assignment calculator](https://www.lib.umn.edu/help/calculator/)
   into my site.

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