How can the issue of meta tags being displayed at the beginning of a page instead of in the <head> section be resolved when using PHP includes?

The issue of meta tags being displayed at the beginning of a page instead of in the <head> section can be resolved by using output buffering in PHP. By buffering the output, you can capture the meta tags and other content generated by PHP includes and then place them in the <head> section before sending the final output to the browser. 

&lt;?php
ob_start(); // Start output buffering

// Include PHP files here
include &#039;header.php&#039;;
include &#039;content.php&#039;;
include &#039;footer.php&#039;;

$output = ob_get_clean(); // Get the buffered output
$output = preg_replace(&#039;/&lt;meta charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;&gt;/&#039;, &#039;&lt;meta charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;&gt;&#039;, $output); // Replace meta tag where needed

echo $output; // Send the final output to the browser
?&gt;

Keywords

PHP includes meta tags <head> section output buffering ob_start

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