Selected item in nav using _isSelectedBranch
6 posts by 3 authors in: Forums > CMS Builder
Last Post: January 10, 2012 (RSS)
having issues getting a subnav menu to show a selected item. Im trying to use _isSelectedBranch
e.g. $record['_isSelectedBranch'] == 1
Heres the code:
<?php // Subcat Nav - Second Level
list($pagesRecords, $pagesMetaData) = getCategories(array(
'tableName' => 'pages',
'selectedCategoryNum' => '', // defaults to getNumberFromEndOfUrl()
'loadUploads' => '0',
// 'debugSql' =>'true',
));
?>
<?php $selectedCat=$pagesRecord['parentNum']; ?>
<?php $thispagedepth=$pagesRecord['depth']; ?>
<?php if ($pagesRecord['depth'] > 0): ?>
<div class="sidebox subnav">
<h2>In this Section:</h2>
<ul>
<?php foreach ($pagesRecords as $record): ?>
<?php if($record['hidden'] == 0 && $record['parentNum'] == $selectedCat && $record['depth'] == $thispagedepth && $record['_isSelectedBranch'] == 1): ?>
<li><a class="selected" href="/<?php echo strtolower($record['url']); ?>/"><?php echo $record['name'] ?></a></li>
<?php elseif($record['hidden'] == 0 && $record['parentNum'] == $selectedCat && $record['depth'] == $thispagedepth): ?>
<li><a href="/<?php echo strtolower($record['url']); ?>/"><?php echo $record['name'] ?></a></li>
<?php endif ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
</div>
<?php endif ?>Any suggestions?
Many thanks
Re: [theclicklab] Selected item in nav using _isSelectedBranch
By Jason - January 8, 2012
So, if you remove the _isSelectedBranch portion, does the if statement work?
One thing I noticed is that $selectedCat and $thispagedepth are getting their value from $pagesRecord, but I don't see $pagesRecord being set anywhere in your code.
Let me know.
Thanks.
Jason Sauchuk - Project Manager
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Re: [Jason] Selected item in nav using _isSelectedBranch
I assume that Im not setting $pagesRecord correctly?
I have attached the whole file. See around line 126.
Many thanks
Re: [theclicklab] Selected item in nav using _isSelectedBranch
By Jason - January 9, 2012
_isSelectedBranch will only ever be set if $selectedCategory has a value. This will either be set if there is a record number at the end of the URL or if you set 'selectedCategoryNum' in your getCategories.
Hope this helps
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Re: [Jason] Selected item in nav using _isSelectedBranch
By davidcmsb - January 9, 2012 - edited: January 10, 2012
I have a question about what you wrote --
Hi Jan,
_isSelectedBranch will only ever be set if $selectedCategory has a value. This will either be set if there is a record number at the end of the URL or if you set 'selectedCategoryNum' in your getCategories.
Hope this helps
Does _isSelectedBranch work if you use
'selectedCategoryNum' => @$_REQUEST['category'],
instead of the default behavior of looking at the number at the end of the URL or setting a static 'selectedCategoryNum'
?
What you wrote seems to say that _isSelectedBranch will only ever be set if $selectedCategory has a value, and the $selectedCategory has a value ONLY if (a) there is a record number at the end of the URL or (b) if you set 'selectedCategoryNum' in your getCategories. But what about using instead of these two ways, using 'selectedCategoryNum' => @$_REQUEST['category'],
?
Re: [davidcmsb] Selected item in nav using _isSelectedBranch
By Jason - January 10, 2012
Yes, you can set "selectedCategoryNum" they way you describe,
ie
list($categoryRecords, $selectedCategory) = getCategories(array(
'tableName' => 'categories',
'selectedCategoryNum' => @$_REQUEST['category'],
));However, this will only work when $_REQUEST['category'] is the record number of category you want $selectedCategory to be.
Hope this helps
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