[RESOLVED] Displaying a css menu according to pages

[jredwilli]

Im trying to figure out how to I would display a tab menu that displays a tab on the menu item of the current page, but Im not sure how to find what the current page being shown is. Would I use something like this?

$current = basename(dirname(FILE))

or either one of these,?
$SERVER['REQUEST_URI']
$SERVER['PHP_SELF']

I was trying to make a switch case for each page, that will finds the page being shown, and passes $currentpage = to the page shown, and in list menu would show the 'current' css class that shows the tab.

Heres what I mean:

switch (basename($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) {

  case 'index.html':
   $cur = 'current';
   break;	

  case 'otherpage.html':
   $cur = 'current';
   break;	

  default:
   $cur = 'current';
   break;	

}

// and the menu would be something like this
echo '<ul>
<li class="$cur"><a href="/index.html">Home</a></li>
<li class="$cur"><a href="/other_page.php">Other Page</a></li>
</ul>
';

So far I can only get either all the menu links or none of the links to show the tab image. And not individually when on the corresponding pages to the links.

Do I need to create a different variable for every page, or

might there possibly be an easier way to go about doing this all together, because I feel there is probably a better, or more efficient way to do something so basic?

Thanks

[bradmasterx]

Your doing it so if one is correct then they are all known as the css class current.

[jredwilli]

I think I figured it out, at least I think. I tried using a different variable for one of the pages just to test it to see if thats what I needed to do, and it worked for that one page. I knew it wasn't that complicated, I just couldn't figure out what I was missing. So here's the solution to the idea I used:

switch (basename($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) {

  case 'page1.html':

$cur1 = 'current';
break;	

  case 'page2.html':

$cur2 = 'current';
  	break;	

  case 'page3.html':

    $cur3 = 'current';
  	break;	

  case 'page4.html':

$cur4 = 'current';
break;	
}


// and heres the list menu 

echo '<ul>
	 <li class="$cur1"><a href="page1.html">Page 1</a></li>
	 <li class="$cur2"><a href="page2.html">Page 2</a></li>
	 <li class="$cur3"><a href="page3.html">Page 3</a></li>	
	 <li class="$cur4"><a href="page4.html">Page 4</a></li>	
        </ul>
        ';

Keep in mind that the css class '.current' in my stylesheet has the attributes for displaying the tab for the menu item of the current page.

I would be interested to know how this could be done differently, if anyone has a different way they would make this work and would care to share it with me.

Either way, thanks to those who offered to help.

[bradmasterx]

ye u have m8

[bradmasterx]

This is Option 1:

<ul> 
<li class="<?php if($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == "index.php"){ echo "current";  } ?>">
<a href="index.php">Home</a></li>

<li class="<?php if($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == "page2.php"){ echo "current";  } ?>">
<a href="page2.php">Page 2</a></li>    

<li class="<?php if($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == "page3.php"){ echo "current";  } ?>">
<a href="page3.php">Page 3</a></li>

<li class="<?php if($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == "page4.php"){ echo "current";  } ?>">
<a href="page4.php">Page 4</a></li>

<li class="<?php if($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == "page5.php"){ echo "current";  } ?>">
<a href="page5.php">Page 5</a></li>
</ul>

I will update with an option 2.

[bradmasterx]

This is option 2.
Easily just add another page name and link in the array.

<ul>
<?php
$pages = array( 
	"home" => "home.php",
	"page 2" => "page2.php",
	"page 3" => "page3.php",
	"page 4" => "page4.php",
	"page 5" => "page5.php",
	);
foreach($pages as $pname => $url){
?><li class="<?php
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == $url){ echo "current";  } ?>">
<a href="<?php echo  $url; ?>"><?php echo  $pname; ?></a></li>

<?php  }  ?>
</ul>

These are all my options.

[jredwilli]

Thank you for your response, I knew there had to be an easier way to do this. I didn't even think of making an array. I'm not too familiar with arrays, so I may not have figured it out if I had tried that instead.

Thanks again for your help.