Site Navigation with Selected Feature...Need Help

[gc40]

I have a top navigation on my website.
It is a mouse over type navigation meaning that when you pass your mouse over, the link color changes. However, on the current page, I want the effect to be exactly the same as if it was mouse over. I got this accomplished with css.

Here is the code:

		<ul>
			<li id="current"><a href="index.html"><span>Home</span></a></li>
			<li><a href="index.html"><span>About Us</span></a></li>	
			<li><a href="index.html"><span>News</span></a></li>	

	</ul>	

As you can see, the HOME page is carrying the id, current, meaning it will keep the mouse over effect. However, I want my navigation to change the id to current on which ever page it lands.
I am also using a <?php include('navigation.php');?> file to include that navigation above, meaning it will be an included file.
How would I go about making the current page hold the attribute "current" when the user lands on it, while still using a single include file for all the navigation.

[maxpup979]

First, because you are including the navigation.php, the page which is calling this is going to retain scope for things like server variables. So you can simply grab the php_self, strip out the stuff you don't need (although my example will only work if every page is on the same level), loop through the navigation array, and add the id to the appropriate listing.

<?php
$navarray[0]['url']="page1.php";
$navarray[0]['description']="Page 1";
$navarray[1]['url']="page2.php";
$navarray[1]['description']="Page 2";
$navarray[2]['url']="page3.php";
$navarray[2]['description']="Page 3";
$navarray[3]['url']="page4.php";
$navarray[3]['description']="Page 4";

$temp= explode("/",$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
$script_name=$temp[count($temp)-1];
foreach($navarray as $value){
	$current="";
	print "<a href=\"".$value['url']."\"";
	if($value['url']==$script_name){print "class=\"current\"";}
	print ">".$value['description']."</a>|";
}

?>

Hope that helps!