navigation script problem

[mzanimephp]

I'm sure the solution to this is simple, but I just can't figure it out. First, I have a few variables set.

$url = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
$path = dirname($url); 
if ($path != "/") 
$path .= "/"; 
$filenotfound = "/nofile.php";

Then, I put all the links of my nav into an array, and echo them out. If the user is on the current page, CSS displays a small arrow in front of the link. Sounds easy enough... and it works. Look: http://www.mzanime.com

<?php 
 $navigation = array(   

   "nav"  => array('/','/av/','/am/','/az/','/aw/','/ss/'),  

   "link" => array('Home','Anime Movies','Anime Music','J-pop Videos','Wallpapers','Screen Shots'),  

);  

$c = 0; 
foreach ($navigation['nav'] as $val) {  

    echo "\n"; 
    if (($val == $path) && ($val != $filenotfound)) { 
        echo "    <li id=\"at\">"; 
    } else { 
        echo "    <li>"; 
} 
    echo "<a href=\"". $val ."\">" . $navigation["link"][$c++] . "</a></li>";  

}   echo "\n\n";
?>

But I have this PHP block broken into sections because the nav is 3 different sections. The PHP code boce is only the first section. So my question is, why doesn't PHP append <li id="at"> to the following sections?

<?php 
 $navigation = array(  

   "nav"  => array('/dl/winamp.php','/dl/flash.php','/dl/aimicons.php','/policies.php','/links.php'),  

   "link" => array('WinAMP Skins','Flash Games!','Anime AIM icons','Download Policies','Anime Links'),  

);  

$c = 0; 
foreach ($navigation['nav'] as $val) {  

    echo "\n"; 
    if (($val == $path) && ($val != $filenotfound)) { 
        echo "    <li id=\"at\">"; 
    } else { 
        echo "    <li>"; 
} 
    echo "<a href=\"". $val ."\">" . $navigation["link"][$c++] . "</a></li>"; 
}   echo "\n\n";

?>

Any help would be fantastic!

[paulnaj]

Hi mz,

Ok, you've got the $path variable set to be a folder path (e.g. '/').
In the frist loop, that's OK, but in the second loop, you are testing to see if it's a file path (e.g. '/dl/winamp.php'), which it'll never be.

I suppose you'll need to check against $url instead in the second loop.

Paul. 🙂

[mzanimephp]

Thanks. It still doesn't work perfectly, but atleast now it works better than before.

I'm such a PHP n00b. :o

[paulnaj]

Hey mz,

You ain't doing bad at all!

What's still not working?

P.