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assign a class of current to the current page in the navigation when all headers are included via <?php include()?>

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You might use something like:

<?
    $parts = explode("/", strtolower(preg_replace("/[^\\/\w]/", "", $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"])));
?>

[...]

<body class="<? echo $parts[0] ?>">

You can similarily compare the $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] to the link of each of your navigation items. Note that the $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] can be spoofed by the client, so make sure you kick out anything strange before using it or displaying it back to the page.

Steffen Müller 2010-02-02 20:11:14

Thanks, I didn't understand the second part `$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]`

adardesign 2010-02-02 20:34:48

$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] contains the part of the actual url behind your domain name. So, the request uri should be the same as the url the current navigation item links to. if they are equal, assign class "current".

Steffen Müller 2010-02-02 20:55:22

thanks, can you please write it out (the same as you did with the parts) thanks much

adardesign 2010-02-02 22:11:33

Don't get me wrong, but coding this part is absolutely trivial grunt work every php developer should be able to perform. The idea ofa sking questions here is to understand and to learn, not to find somebody else do the work.

Steffen Müller 2010-02-02 23:19:14

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