Select navigation on include file.

[ttmt]

 

Selected navigation on include file.

 

Hi all

 

I can't think how to do this or even if it's possible so I'm hoping someone can help.

 

I have a simple example here to illustrate.

 

http://www.ttmt.org.uk/three.php

 

It's just four linked pages with a heading and a navigation. The navigation has an id="selected" in the <a> tag for that page that changes the color of that link to show you are on that page - very basic.

 

I wanted the put the navigation on the pages with an include file.

 

<?php
include("php/includes/nav.php");
?>

 

and have the code for the nav in nav.php

 

nav.php

<ul id="nav">
  <li><a href="index.php">Home</a></li>
  <li><a href="one.php">One</a></li>
  <li><a href="two.php">Two</a></li>
  <li><a href="three.php">Three</a></li>
</ul>

 

My problem is how can I add the id="selected" to the different links for the different pages if I'm including the navigation code?

 

Hope this makes sense and someone can help. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[JKG]

you need to know what page you are on.

 

i wouldn't do it this particular way (i would use a tiny function) but as its only 4 pages, put this above the include statement somewhere on the three.php page.

 

<?php $page = 'three'; ?>

and in your nav include:

<ul id="nav">
  <li><a <?php if($page == 'three') echo 'id="selected"';?> href="index.php">Home</a></li>
  <li><a href="one.php">One</a></li>
  <li><a href="two.php">Two</a></li>
  <li><a href="three.php">Three</a></li>
</ul>

[son.of.the.morning]

Could use a bit of JQuery to change the css.

 

<?php 

    if(isset($_GET['id'])) {
       
         $id = $_GET['id'];

         if($id = "home") {
              echo '<Script type="text/javascript">"$(''#IdorClassName).css('color','#666')</script>';
         }

          //and so on...
?>

 

This can be reused then

[ttmt]

Thanks for the replies

 

I'll go with JKG's suggestion, that works best for me.