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Dakshila Kamalsooriya
Dakshila Kamalsooriya

Reputation: 1401

Get current url excluding Included file names

I have a file named administrator1.php and inside it test.php is included. So code inside administrator1.php is 

 <?php include 'test.php'; ?>

I have a dynamic navigation menu inside test.php. Code is

<?php 
$menu = array(
  'users'  => array('text'=>'USERS',  'url'=>'administrator1.php'),
  'createProfile'  => array('text'=>'CREATE PROFILE',  'url'=>'administrator2.php'),
  'payment' => array('text'=>'PAYMENTS', 'url'=>'administrator3.php'),
  'defense' => array('text'=>'DEFENSE', 'url'=>'administrator4.php'),
  'progressReport' => array('text'=>'PROGRESS REPORT', 'url'=>'administrator5.php'),
);

class Nav {
  function GenerateMenu($items) {
    $html = "<ul>";
    foreach($items as $item) {
      if(stristr(__FILE__,$item['url'])===FALSE) { 
        $html .= "<li><a href='{$item['url']}' ><span><B>{$item['text']}</B></span> </a> </li>";
      }
      else {
        $html .= "<li class='active'><a href='{$item['url']}' ><span><B>{$item['text']}.nnn</B></span> </a></li>";
      }
    }
  $html .= "</ul>";
  return $html;
}};

echo Nav::GenerateMenu($menu); 
?>

And I have called the Nav method inside the same file.

Problem here is, the whole navigation bar will be printed, but selected item's ('USERS') CSS class active will not be called. But if I replace this whole code in administrator1.php file without including a test.php file it works fine. So I guess it is a problem to file path of the included file. And is it because I have used __FILE__ to get current path? Then how can I get current file path excluding included files names in the path?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 271

Answers (2)

Dakshila Kamalsooriya
Dakshila Kamalsooriya

Reputation: 1401

Found the answer! Replaced __FILE__ with $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]. So the code is;

class Nav {
 function GenerateMenu($items) {
 $html = "<ul>";
 foreach($items as $item) {
  if(stristr($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"],$item['url'])===FALSE) { 
    $html .= "<li><a href='{$item['url']}' ><span><B>{$item['text']}</B></span> </a> </li>";
  }
  else {
    $html .= "<li class='active'><a href='{$item['url']}' ><span><B>{$item['text']}.</B></span> </a></li>";
  }
}
$html .= "</ul>";
return $html;
}};
$nav_ob = new Nav();
echo $nav_ob->GenerateMenu($menu);

Now it works as i wanted! Thank you everyone for the help given!

Upvotes: 1

ritesh
ritesh

Reputation: 2265

For calling the static function we can use :: operator. But for accessing the non-static member of the class you should make the object, like -

$nav_ob = new Nav();
echo $nav_ob->GenerateMenu($menu);

And there s problem, when you are creating array -

$menu = array(
  'users'  => array('text'=>'USERS',  'url'=>'administrator1.php'),
  'createProfile'  => array('text'=>'CREATE PROFILE',  'url'=>'administrator2.php'),
  'payment' => array('text'=>'PAYMENTS', 'url'=>'administrator3.php'),
  'defense' => array('text'=>'DEFENSE', 'url'=>'administrator4.php'),
  'progressReport' => array('text'=>'PROGRESS REPORT', 'url'=>'administrator5.php'), //Here
);

Comma after the last element. It should be -

$menu = array(
  'users'  => array('text'=>'USERS',  'url'=>'administrator1.php'),
  'createProfile'  => array('text'=>'CREATE PROFILE',  'url'=>'administrator2.php'),
  'payment' => array('text'=>'PAYMENTS', 'url'=>'administrator3.php'),
  'defense' => array('text'=>'DEFENSE', 'url'=>'administrator4.php'),
  'progressReport' => array('text'=>'PROGRESS REPORT', 'url'=>'administrator5.php')
);

UPDATED

<?php 
$menu = array(
  'users'  => array('text'=>'USERS',  'url'=>'administrator1.php'),
  'createProfile'  => array('text'=>'CREATE PROFILE',  'url'=>'administrator2.php'),
  'payment' => array('text'=>'PAYMENTS', 'url'=>'administrator3.php'),
  'defense' => array('text'=>'DEFENSE', 'url'=>'administrator4.php'),
  'progressReport' => array('text'=>'PROGRESS REPORT', 'url'=>'administrator5.php')
);

class Nav {
  function GenerateMenu($path, $items) {
    $html = "<ul>";
    foreach($items as $item) {
      if(stristr($path,$item['url'])===FALSE) { 
        $html .= "<li><a href='{$item['url']}' ><span><B>{$item['text']}</B></span> </a> </li>";
      }
      else {
        $html .= "<li class='active'><a href='{$item['url']}' ><span><B>{$item['text']}.nnn</B></span> </a></li>";
      }
    }
  $html .= "</ul>";
  return $html;
}}; 
?>

And on each administrator.php file after including the above php file call the method like -

$nav_ob = new Nav();
echo $nav_ob->GenerateMenu(__FILE__, $menu);

Hope this will help.

Upvotes: 2

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