dynamic navigation hierarchy question

[gonsman]

Hello All,

I am looking for a way to create navigation for a large site using an include file. I want to have one file for all of the navigation, but depending on what page you were on the navigation would update it's self displaying the page you are on (bolded or similar) and any sub-navigation (See Examples). I have not been able to find a simple solution. This example is part of a huge framework that is too much for me. So if there is anyone out there that has some good ideas on how to build a good navigation (without using a database), I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,

-Sean

[zingbats]

I really don't know. It all depends on your filing system rlly.

If you use PHP self to find what page you are on, then kind of search the HTML to find the page (whatever.php) and change it to <a href = "whatever.php"><b>Whatever</b></a>, then that would work. I have NO idea how to do this tho, sorry. Maybe some other guys could help ?!

[gonsman]

I see a way to do what I want by creating a multidimensional array and looping through it, but I don't know how to loop through an infinite amount of "sub-arrays". The navigation could go as deep as 5 or 6 levels. Here is an example of an array that could work:

$nav = array
(
	array
	(
		// About Us
		'caption' => 'About Us',
		'link' => '/aboutus/'
	),
	array
	(
		// Projects & Programs
		'caption' => 'Projects & Programs',
		'link' => '/projects/',
		'children' => array
		(
			array
			(
				// Direct Evangelism
				'caption' => 'Direct Evangelism',
				'link' => '/projects/direct_evanglelism.php'
			),
			array
			(
				// Music
				'caption' => 'Music',
				'link' => '/projects/music.php'
			),
		)
	),
	array
	(
		// Tool & Resources
		'caption' => 'Tools & Resources',
		'link' => '/tools/'
	)
);

If all of the navigation was printed it would look like this:

About Us
Pojects & Programs
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Direct Evangelism
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Music
Tools & Resources

The problem is that I don't know how to dig into this array when one of the array values is "children" (which means there are subpages to that page). I was think of calling a function to loop through this array like this (the variable is the path to the current file. The function would be given a different path for every page):

writeHTML('Projects & Programs/Music');

I hope this helps. Thanks.