I want the class of the tag to change under the active dirrectory...
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Maybe this helps you:
$(document).ready(function()
{
var parts = document.URL.split("/");
// [http:, empty, your domain, firstfolder]
var firstFolder = parts[3];
$("#mainnav li").attr("class", "noactive");
$("#mainnav a[href='/" + firstFolder + "/']").parent().attr("class", "active");
});
<?php $request_uri= $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];?>
<ul>
<li class="<?php if((strpos($request_uri,"index.html")!==false) || $request_uri=="" || $request_uri=="/"){echo "selected";}?>"><a href="/index.html">Home</a></li>
<li class="<?php if((strpos($request_uri,"service")!==false)){echo "selected";}?>"><a href="/services.html">Services</a> </li>
<li class="<?php if((strpos($request_uri,"product")!==false)){echo "selected";}?>"><a href="/products.html">Products</a></li>
<li class="<?php if((strpos($request_uri,"blog")!==false)){echo "selected";}?>"><a href="/blog.html">Blog</a></li>
<li class="<?php if((strpos($request_uri,"question")!==false)){echo "selected";}?>"><a href="/question-answers.html">Ques & Ans</a></li>
<li class="<?php if((strpos($request_uri,"career")!==false)){echo "selected";}?>"><a href="/career.html">Career</a></li>
<li class="<?php if((strpos($request_uri,"about-us")!==false)){echo "selected";}?>"><a href="/about-us.html">About</a></li>
</ul>
if you use mysql_fetch defined your row for menu title. if we take your menu title is MENU in mysql database and you have to put in (Home,tutorials,library,resources,our-projects,community)
<?php
//connect your data bass
include(connection.php');
//get your from ID like www.google?id=1
$id = $_GET['id'];
$query = "select * from pages where id='$id'";
$query1 = mysql_query($query);
while($row= mysql_fetch_array($query1))
{
?>
<html>
<?php $active= $row['MENU'];?>
<ul>
<li class="<?php if($active=='Home'){echo 'active';}else{echo'noactive';}?>"><a href="/">Home</a></li>
<li class="<?php if($active=='tutorials'){echo 'active';}else{echo'noactive';}?>"><a href="/tutorials/">Tutorials</a></li>
<li class="<?php if($active=='resources'){echo 'active';}else{echo'noactive';}?>"><a href="/resources/">Resources</a></li>
<li class="<?php if($active=='library'){echo 'active';}else{echo'noactive';}?>"><a href="/library/">Library</a></li>
<li class="<?php if($active=='our-projects'){echo 'active';}else{echo'noactive';}?>"><a href="/our-projects/">Our Projects</a></li>
<li class="<?php if($active=='community'){echo 'active';}else{echo'noactive';}?>"><a href="/community/">Community</a></li>
</ul>
</html>
<?php };?>
header.php
$activePage = basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], ".php");
nav.php
<ul>
<li class="<?= ($activePage == 'index') ? 'active':''; ?>"><a href="/index.php">Home</a></li>
<li class="<?= ($activePage == 'tutorials') ? 'active':''; ?>"><a href="/tutorials.php">Tutorials</a></li>
...
Through PHP you can try -
<?php
// gets the current URI, remove the left / and then everything after the / on the right
$directory = explode('/',ltrim($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],'/'));
// loop through each directory, check against the known directories, and add class
$directories = array("index", "tutorials","resources","library","our-projects","community"); // set home as 'index', but can be changed based of the home uri
foreach ($directories as $folder){
$active[$folder] = ($directory[0] == $folder)? "active":"noactive";
}
?>
<ul>
<li class="<?php echo $active['index']?>"><a href="/">Home</a></li>
<li class="<?php echo $active['tutorials']?>"><a href="/tutorials/">Tutorials</a></li>
<li class="<?php echo $active['resources']?>"><a href="/resources/">Resources</a></li>
<li class="<?php echo $active['library']?>"><a href="/library/">Library</a></li>
<li class="<?php echo $active['our-projects']?>"><a href="/our-projects/">Our Projects</a></li>
<li class="<?php echo $active['community']?>"><a href="/community/">Community</a></li>
</ul>
Figured out the ANSWER...I was over thinking it.
<ul id="mainnav">
<li class="<?php if ($first_part=="") {echo "active"; } else {echo "noactive";}?>"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
<li class="<?php if ($first_part=="tutorials") {echo "active"; } else {echo "noactive";}?>"><a href="#">Tutorials</a></li>
<li class="<?php if ($first_part=="resources") {echo "active"; } else {echo "noactive";}?>"><a href="#">Resources</a></li>
<li class="<?php if ($first_part=="library") {echo "active"; } else {echo "noactive";}?>"><a href="#">Library</a></li>
<li class="<?php if ($first_part=="our-projects") {echo "active"; } else {echo "noactive";}?>"><a href="#">Our Projects</a></li>
<li class="<?php if ($first_part=="community") {echo "active"; } else {echo "noactive";}?>"><a href="#">Community</a></li>
</ul>
<?php
$directoryURI = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
$path = parse_url($directoryURI, PHP_URL_PATH);
$components = explode('/', $path);
$first_part = $components[1];
?>