Question

I have a menu generated in php this way.

<?php 
    while($rowMenu = mysql_fetch_array($rsMenu)){
       $link="category.php?cat=".$rowMenu['MenuItemID'];
       $name = utf8_encode($rowMenu['name']);
?>                    
    <a href="<?php echo $link; ?>"><li><?php echo $name; ?></li></a>                       
<?php 
     }
?>

and now I want to add a background-color to the item of the present page.The background-color is defined in css ( .productActive )

I search for add a css class in php like I make with javascript but didnt find any solution, so I made this way

<?php 
            $cat=$_GET['cat']; /gets the id from the URL

        while($rowMenu = mysql_fetch_array($rsMenu)){
           $link="category.php?cat=".$rowMenu['MenuItemID'];
           $name = utf8_encode($rowMenu['name']);
    ?>                    
        <a href="<?php echo $link; ?>"><li><?php echo $name; ?></li></a>                       
    <?php

            if($cat == $rowMenu['MenuItemID']) {
          echo"<a href=".$link."><li class='productActive'>".$nome."</li></a>"; 
             }

         }//end of while
    ?>

But this way add one more item to the menu. it repeats the present li item. Is there any other way??

Thanks

Answer 1

while($rowMenu = mysql_fetch_array($rsMenu)){
    $link="category.php?cat=".$rowMenu['MenuItemID'];
    $name = utf8_encode($rowMenu['name']);

    if($cat == $rowMenu['MenuItemID']) {
        echo"<a href=".$link."><li class='productActive'>".$name."</li></a>"; 
    } else {
        echo"<a href=".$link."><li>".$name."</li></a>";
    }
}

That should work, I think