Active link in navigation bar when GET variables are present

Question

I've got a wee problem. I know from answers such as this how to have an active link on the navigation bar.

However, this doesn't work if there are GET variables after the link. So while my <li> gets class = "active" if I load daily.php, it doesn't get the class if I load daily.php?project=4.

The code I am using right now for the navigation bar and making a certain link active is this:

<?php
function echoActiveClassIfRequestMatches($requestUri)
{
    $current_file_name = basename($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], ".php");

    if ($current_file_name == $requestUri)
        echo 'class="active"';
}
?>

<div id="menu">
<ul>
<li <?php echoActiveClassIfRequestMatches("daily") ?>><a href="daily.php">Daily</a></li>
<li <?php echoActiveClassIfRequestMatches("weekly") ?>><a href="weekly.php">Weekly</a></li>
<li <?php echoActiveClassIfRequestMatches("monthly") ?>><a href="monthly.php">Monthly</a></li>
</ul></div>

As I said, this doesn't work if instead of daily.php I load daily.php?project=4.

All help is welcome, and if you need any more code, please just ask!

Thank you very much.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 24 '14 at 13:43

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You can use strpos rather than "==". It will check if the URL contains the address you wanted. Or you can split the URL using explode

$current_url = explode("?", $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
echo $current_url[0] ;

answered Jun 24 '14 at 13:43

user3309301

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Thank you, this works as well as Pvb's answer! It is unfortunate that I cannot accept two answers... – Jose Salvatierra Jun 24 '14 at 14:04

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 24 '14 at 13:47

Here is a some modified function

<?php
function echoActiveClassIfRequestMatches($requestUri)
{       
    $current_file_name = basename($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], ".php");

    if (strpos($current_file_name,$requestUri)!==false)
        echo 'class="active"';
}
?>

Active link in navigation bar when GET variables are present

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