Question

How can I check the URL path for certain folders? I ask so that if we’re in a certain folder, we can make a tab selected in the nav bar (just apply a style to that specific li).

So far I know

$pagePath = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

So I can get a return that says something like /music/song/120/ (or whatever it is). What kind of php function can I use that says

if $pagePath has “music”, then do this. Meaning, if the path is /music/ or /music/song, I should be able to

I plan on using this multiple times,

if $pagePath has downloads do this

if $pathPath has band do this

and so on.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

You could explode() the path on / and then use in_array() to check for existence.

However, this could yield problems with paths like /bands/something/music where the state would depend on whether you check for bands before music or vice versa. In that case you could explode() with $limit = 2 (to get only two parts, i.e., split on first / only) and compare your predefined path segments to the first part of the exploded path.

E.g.

$path = trim('/bands/something/music', '/');
$parts = explode('/', $path, 2); // ['bands', 'something/music']
switch ($parts[0]) {
    case 'music':
        // ...
    case 'bands':
        // ...
}