PHP and CSS

[TheFilmGod]

I would like to make a php script. I have 8 links in the menu. Depending on the variable "current" (page) one of those corresponding links would have a certain class created by the php. So if it was contact us -> the contact us link would be given a special class, while the others would not. This would allow that certain link to have a different color and let users know what section they are at. I want a header that is the same for all pages. Thus, making a separate one 4 each section is not practical.

 

Any ideas?

[benjaminbeazy]

something like this should work...

 

$page = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
<a href="whatever.php" class="<?php if($page == "whatever.php"){ echo "class2"; }else{ echo "class1"; }?>">Whatever</a>

[TheFilmGod]

So you are saying I should have that script for every link? Is that considered a large script?

[AndyB]

http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/ - there's your menu solution, with php changing the css class of the current page link.

 

The same header for each page is done using include().

 

[AndyB]

Is that considered a large script?

Hardly.

[TheFilmGod]

http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/ - there's your menu solution, with php changing the css class of the current page link.

 

The same header for each page is done using include().

 

 

Umm. I went to the link and there are a billion different links to other pages on it! Which one? I searched the word "php" and didn't find it... ???

 

Yes, I'm using include()

[AndyB]

Umm. I went to the link and there are a billion different links to other pages on it! Which one?

 

You want it all handed to you on a plate???

 

Look at the various menu alternatives. Find one you like. Check the CSS and HTML code given for it. See how simple it is to add a little bit of php to determine if a link is the same as the 'current' page and in that case change its class.

[TheFilmGod]

http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/ - there's your menu solution, with php changing the css class of the current page link.

 

Well, I got the menu finished. Already done! I was just wondering about the php itself how to code it. I don't need help with the links themselves. And when you said "PHP CHANGING THE CSS CLASS" I thought their was an exact article with that in it. But I guess not...

 

Thanks anyway Andyb!