newbie help please

[brian914]

I pretty much know no php, but am redesigning a site that was built in php. The php on the site is super simple and I am trying to add to it a little bit.

 

All the pages in this site have their own page, meaning my about page has an about.php, home has index.php, etc. I am trying to set my navigation so when I am on that page for the navigation to show the page you are on. So, I would like to do something like this:

 

On each of the pages, I would set my page variable just before the include tag of the navigation, something like this:

<?php $thisPage = 'deathValley'; ?>

 

Then in the navigation php file, I would test for my page like so? But I guess you can't use html with php like that? How would I write this?

 

<?php
<ul>	
    <li>
    	{if mypageVariable == deathValley}
            <a id="uberlink2" href="#">DeathValley</a>
        {if:else}
            <a href="bio_deathvalley.php">DeathValley</a>
{/if}
    </li>
</ul>
?>

 

Also, is there a way to test for the url of the page, or something else? That way I would not have to set the variable on each page?

 

Thanks a lot for any help with this!

 

 

 

 

[taquitosensei]

if I understand what you're asking this would do it

<ul>   
    <li>
            <?php echo ($mypageVariable=="deathValue")?"<a id='uberlink2' href='#'>DeathValley</a>":"<a href='bio_deathvalley.php'>DeathValley</a>"; ?>
                    
    </li>
</ul>

 

[brian914]

That gives me the following error.

 

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: php�echo�() in /home/content/s/w/1/sw1tchbl4de/html/stage/v1/sidenav_bios.php on line 2

[play_]

Then something else is wrong somewhere.

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[taquitosensei]

what version of php are you using?

 

[oni-kun]

Your navigation is very confusing. You may want to set up index.php to use GET for navigation. Menu.php could be separate but included.

 

index.php?page=about

index.php?page=bio

index.php?page=DeathValley

 

That's what most sites do. In menu.php or your page if you want..

 

<?php
<ul>   
    <li>
         if($_GET['page']=="DeathValley") {
            echo '<a id="uberlink2" href="?page=DeathValley">DeathValley</a>';
        }elseif($_GET['page']=='About'){
            echo '<a href="?page=About">About</a>';
    </li>
</ul>
?>

Seems like a much more viable option.. but I have no clue what you're doing, your navi is very obscure, your links aren't making any sense to me..