Paper_lantern header and footer

Hello I already checked cpanel documentation couple of times but I an not able to run my php code in paper_latern. Can you please tell me how can I get header and footer using .php file ? If I use index.live.php file name, I am able to get header and footer but when I place my code in that file I get this error Child failed to make LIVEAPI connection to cPanel. Please help to get header footer and side bar using .php file. Thanks