Question

Goal:
Trying to get a rollover button state to remain “ON” when URL equals “enhanced.php”.

Problem:
Button state does not remain “on” when URL equals “enhanced.php”.

(Button acts correctly as a rollover)

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sidemenu.php sidemenu.php is used as a PHP include on all pages (I don’t know if that makes a difference

<?php

$script = $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'];


//Set the default state to OFF and only turn ON if we are on the current URL.

$enhancedstate = OFF;


$pos = strpos($script, "enhanced.php");
if($pos === true) {
$enhancedstate = ON;
}


?>


 <div class="sideMenu">   

   <a href="enhanced.php" 
      onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image1','','/images/Button_ON_01.gif',1)">
      <img src="/images/Button_<? echo $enhancedstate; ?>_01.gif" name="Image1" border="0">
   </a>

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Anyone see any reason why the button state does not stay “ON” when the current URL is “enhanced.php”.
TIA

Answer 1

strpos returns a int on success, and FALSE on failure.

Change if($pos === true) to if($pos !== false).

The === operator compares values and types. So, on success strpos returns an int, which may have the same value as TRUE, but it’s not the same type.

EDIT: As others have said, you should change:

$enhancedstate = OFF to $enhancedstate = 'OFF'

PHP is very forgiving, and will let you use un-quoted strings, but you should try not to, unless ON and OFF are actually constants.