Placing PHP into HTML webpages and linking correctly

I have been looking around for about a week and reading into PHP, I want to create a register and log in type website and realise i need to use php to do this, I already have the html but inserting the PHP into this is where I am stuck, I have checked FAQ's etc but Im thinking now its actually that simple its not being mentioned to me(a newbie).

this is the stage I am at (purely for function) I have managed to get the range of PHP files from another thread (index.php, insert.php, login.php, logout.php, register.php) and made a database using wampserver (was told to in a previous tutorial)

> I have index.html page, with register and login entry form,

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<body>

<h1>Login</h1>
<form action='login.php' method='POST'>
    Username: <input type='text' name='username'/><br />
    Password: <input type='password' name='password'/><br />
    <input type='submit' value='Log In'>
</form>

<h1>Register</h1>
<form action='register.php' method='POST'>
    Username: <input type="text" name="username"/><br />
    Password: <input type="password" name="password"/><br />
    Repeat password: <input type="password" name="repassword"/><br />
    <input type="submit" value="Register!"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>

> when i type in asif i want to register, it then goes to http/:etc/etc/register.php

how ever this page will not have a layout, as if it needs its own CSS, and also has the extra characters on the page, very much confusing.

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if that img link doesnt work I attached the jpeg anyway,

> I want something much like this codecall website, I had to register, which then sent me to a register page, which was in the normal site layout, then once registered, a thankyou again in normal site layout but I did notice at top it had the www.codecall.net/register.php <<< my register.php is a mess, and I am not sure how to turn it into a HTML with a stylesheet, basically linking them together,

if there is another thread that you have noticed that answers this then i would like to get directed it, as I have only been on this site inparticular looking a few hours, some kind of basic, zip even that shows the different pages and how they link together.

thanks alot for any help,

Mike

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Edited by Orjan, 10 January 2012 - 11:46 AM.
Added html tags

<h1>Login</h1> <form action="/login.php" method="post"> Username: <input type="text" name="username" /><br /> Password: <input type="password" name="password" /><br /> <input type="submit" value="Log In" /> </form>

<h1>Register</h1> <form action="/register.php" method="post"> Username: <input type="text" name="username" /><br /> Password: <input type="password" name="password" /><br /> Repeat password: <input type="password" name="repassword" /><br /> <input type="submit" value="Register!" /> </form>