How add class='active' to html menu with php
- by meow
Hello
I want to put my html navigation in a separate php file so when I need to edit it, I only have to edit it once. The problem starts when I want to add the class active to the active page.
I've got three pages and one common file.
common.php :
<?php
$nav = <<<EOD
<div id="nav">
<ul>
<li><a <? if($page == 'one'): ?> class="active"<? endif ?> href="index.php">Tab1</a>/</li>
<li><a href="two.php">Tab2</a></li>
<li><a href="three.php">Tab3</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
EOD;
?>
index.php :
All three pages are identical except their $page is different on each page.
<?php
$page = 'one';
require_once('common.php');
?>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<?php echo $nav; ?>
</body>
</html>
This simply won't work unless I put my nav on each page, but then the whole purpose of separating the nav from all pages is ruined.
Is what I want to accomplish even possible? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
EDIT: When doing this, the php code inside the li don't seem to run, it's just being printed as if it was html
