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    copied!<p>If you're looking for a non-javascript / php approach...</p> <p>First you need to determine which nav-link should be set as active and then add the <em>selected</em> class. The code would look something like this</p> <p><strong>HTML within php file</strong></p> <p>Call a php function inline within the hyperlink <code>&lt;a&gt;</code> markup passing in the links destination request uri</p> <pre><code>&lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="index.php" &lt;?=echoSelectedClassIfRequestMatches("index")?&gt;&gt;Home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="about.php" &lt;?=echoSelectedClassIfRequestMatches("about")?&gt;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="services.php" &lt;?=echoSelectedClassIfRequestMatches("services")?&gt;&gt;Services&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="features.php" &lt;?=echoSelectedClassIfRequestMatches("features")?&gt;&gt;Features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="#"&gt;Support&lt;/a&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="support1.php" &lt;?=echoSelectedClassIfRequestMatches("support1")?&gt;&gt;Support 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="support2.php" &lt;?=echoSelectedClassIfRequestMatches("support2")?&gt;&gt;Support 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; </code></pre> <p><strong>PHP function</strong></p> <p>The php function simply needs to compare the passed in request uri and if it matches the current page being rendered output the <em>selected</em> class</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php function echoSelectedClassIfRequestMatches($requestUri) { $current_file_name = basename($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], ".php"); if ($current_file_name == $requestUri) echo 'class="selected"'; } ?&gt; </code></pre>
 

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