Menu CSS revisited

Hi Jerry

Try changing your code like so:

<li ><a class="special <?php echo preg_match('/|'.preg_quote($url, '/').'|/i', $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']) ? 'active' : 'inactive'; ?>" href="<?php echo strtolower($record['url']) ?>"><?php echo strtoupper($record['entry']) ?></a></li>

Hi Claire,

Thank you for taking the time to look at this.

I wish I had better news.

Now all the links show class="special active" regardless of whether there's a match or not.

Interestingly, if I remove the /i in your suggested code, they all revert to class="special inactive".

Jerry Kornbluth

Hi Jerry, can you do a showme() on both the URL and the $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']?

Hi Claire.

Here's the actual code used:

<ul >
<?php foreach ($navigation_menuRecords as $record): ?>
<?php $url = '/~nawaflco/nawafl/'.$record['url'] ?>
<li ><a class="special <?php echo preg_match('/|'.preg_quote($url, '/').'|/i', $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']) ? 'active' : 'inactive'; ?>" href="<?php echo strtolower($record['url']) ?>"><?php echo strtoupper($record['entry']) ?><?php echo $spaced_entry ?></a></li>URL: <?php showme($url) ;?> Script-Name: <?php showme($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']); ?>
<?php endforeach ?>
</ul>

And the Output (I was on the contact page and they seem to match for that entry):

<ul >
<li ><a class="special active" href="resources.php">RESOURCES</a></li>URL: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/resources.php</xmp> Script-Name: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/contact.php</xmp>

<li ><a class="special active" href="members-only.php">MEMBERS ONLY</a></li>URL: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/members-only.php</xmp> Script-Name: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/contact.php</xmp>


<li ><a class="special active" href="faq.php">FAQ</a></li>URL: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/faq.php</xmp> Script-Name: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/contact.php</xmp>


<li ><a class="special active" href="contact.php">CONTACT</a></li>URL: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/contact.php</xmp> Script-Name: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/contact.php</xmp>


<li ><a class="special active" href="forms.php">DOWNLOAD FORMS</a></li>URL: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/forms.php</xmp> Script-Name: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/contact.php</xmp>


</ul>

Thanks,

Jerry Kornbluth

Hey Jerry

I have a theory that this is related to the restricted characters in the URL. Can you try this:

<li ><a class="special <?php echo preg_match('/|'.preg_quote($url, '/').'|/i', preg_quote($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'], '/')) ? 'active' : 'inactive'; ?>" href="<?php echo strtolower($record['url']) ?>"><?php echo strtoupper($record['entry']) ?></a></li>

I suspect the regex isn't being matched correctly simply because it's a URL with slashes in it.

Sorry, Claire,

Not any different

I originally added the /~nawaflco/nawafl' to the $url because the SCRIPT NAME had the full path included. Could I use a different call to just return the page name and match that?

actual code

<ul >
<?php foreach ($navigation_menuRecords as $record): ?>
<?php $url = '/~nawaflco/nawafl/'.$record['url'] ?>
<li ><a class="special <?php echo preg_match('/|'.preg_quote($url, '/').'|/i', preg_quote($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'], '/')) ? 'active' : 'inactive'; ?>" href="<?php echo strtolower($record['url']) ?>"><?php echo strtoupper($record['entry']) ?></a></li>
URL: <?php showme($url) ;?> Script-Name: <?php showme($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']); ?>
<?php endforeach ?>
</ul>

Output

<li ><a class="special active" href="newsletters.php">NEWSLETTER</a></li> URL: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/newsletters.php</xmp> Script-Name: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/contact.php</xmp>

<li ><a class="special active" href="becomeamember.php">BECOME A MEMBER</a></li> URL: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/becomeamember.php</xmp> Script-Name: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/contact.php</xmp>

<li ><a class="special active" href="resources.php">RESOURCES</a></li> URL: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/resources.php</xmp> Script-Name: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/contact.php</xmp>

<li ><a class="special active" href="members-only.php">MEMBERS ONLY</a></li> URL: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/members-only.php</xmp> Script-Name: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/contact.php</xmp>

<li ><a class="special active" href="faq.php">FAQ</a></li> URL: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/faq.php</xmp> Script-Name: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/contact.php</xmp>

<li ><a class="special active" href="contact.php">CONTACT</a></li> URL: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/contact.php</xmp> Script-Name: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/contact.php</xmp>

<li ><a class="special active" href="forms.php">DOWNLOAD FORMS</a></li> URL: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/forms.php</xmp> Script-Name: <xmp>/~nawaflco/nawafl/contact.php</xmp>

Jerry Kornbluth

Maybe simplifying this will make a difference. How about a match to see if the script name contains the record URL?

<li ><a class="special <?php echo strpos($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'], $record['url']) !== false ? 'active' : 'inactive'; ?>" href="<?php echo strtolower($record['url']) ?>"><?php echo strtoupper($record['entry']) ?></a></li>