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template menu problem

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:38 pm
by pepe_lepew1962
Hello:

I am trying to create templates for my files and I am having a problem with getting the menu to work properly. I have 3 template files, head.php, main.php and foot.php. The head.php contains the following menu html:

<li><a href="page1.php" class="<?php echo "$head001";?>">One</a></li>
<li><a href="page2.php" class="<?php echo "$head002";?>">Two</a></li>
<li><a href="page3.php" class="<?php echo "$head003";?>">Three</a></li>
<li><a href="page4.php" class=<?php echo "$head004";?>>Four</a></li>
<li><a href="page5.php" class="<?php echo "$head005";?>">Five</a></li>

In the main.php, I would like to have 1 variable for what the status of the menu is for that page. For example when the person is on page 3, the class should be current.

$head003 = "Current";
include("head.php");

The variable current is in my external css file and changes the appearance. Simple, but for some reason, the variable is not being carrier over. Can you please help.

Re: template menu problem

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:57 pm
by Eric!
So what happens? Are you getting a warning because $head001 is not defined?

What does the output HTML look like?

Re: template menu problem

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 5:44 pm
by pepe_lepew1962
What happens is nothing. My css class is suppose to change the background color, in this example. The html is empty, like " ".

Re: template menu problem

Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 6:16 pm
by Eric!
Then you are probably getting an error that is stopping your code.

Turn on your error reporting and see what you get. Also select VIEW SOURCE in your browser to see if the error is output and mixed with your HTML...some browsers allow ctrl-U for a short cut to view source.

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error_reporting(E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE | E_NOTICE);