How can I set class=“active” to navigation menu in codeigniter?

Question

I just start up to be a web developer. Now I create a dynamic website for the first time. I don\'t know how to set class=\"active\" to the navigation menu. Here is

Answer 1

I do this on most projects. How I achieve this is like this;

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It's matching the current uri string, with the links href. If it matches, it add's an active class to the link.

Hope this helps.

I have also used site_url over base_url