Question

So I have a menu in a php file that looks like this (This is the whole file. I’m totally new to PHP.)

menu.php:

<li id="current"><a href="#"><span>Home</span></a></li> 
<li><a href="http://blog.me.net/"><span>Blog</span></a></li> 
<li><a href="http://www.me.net/R"><span>Results</span></a></li> 
<li><a href="http://www.me.net/P"><span>Pictures</span></a></li> 
<li><a href="http://www.me.net/O.html"><span>Our Location</span></a></li>

Now in my pages I do this (index.php):

<div id="tabs1" >
    <ul>
        <!-- CSS Tabs -->
        <?php include("menu.php"); ?>
    </ul>
</div>

So what I want to be able to do is change the line above to this:

<?php include("menu.php?current=pictures"); ?>

Which would make the active tab the Pictures tab. How can I do this?

Answer 1

You could also try this:

Your php script

<?php
    $selected = "pictures";
    $current_id = ' id="current"';
    include "menu.php";
?>

this is your menu:

<ul>
<li <?php if ($selected == "pictures") print $current_id; ?>><a href="#"><span>Home</span></a></li> 
<li <?php if ($selected == "blog") print $current_id; ?>><a href="http://blog.me.net/"><span>Blog</span></a></li> 
<li <?php if ($selected == "home") print $current_id; ?>><a href="http://www.me.net/R"><span>Results</span></a></li> 
<li <?php if ($selected == "me") print $current_id; ?>><a href="http://www.me.net/P"><span>Pictures</span></a></li> 
<li <?php if ($selected == "contacts") print $current_id; ?>><a href="http://www.me.net/O.html"><span>Our Location</span></a></li>
</ul>