i have template.php and i include navigation.php that in separate page to template i want when i navigate through my website pages to be the page i'm on to be active with css style i want to be linked to css page to take active style link for my links.
here my naviation.php page.
<body>
<?php
$directoryURI = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
$path = parse_url($directoryURI, PHP_URL_PATH);
$components = explode('/', $path);
$first_part = $components[1];
?>
<div id="navigation">
<div class="shell">
<ul>
<li class="<?php if ($first_part=="Home") {echo "active"; } else {echo "noactive";}?>"><a href="Home.php"> <span>HOME</span></a></li>
<li class="<?php if ($first_part=="About") {echo "active"; } else {echo "noactive";}?>"><a href="About.php"> <span>ABOUT</span></a></li>
<li class="<?php if ($first_part=="services") {echo "active"; } else {echo "noactive";}?>"><a href="services.php"> <span>SERVICES</span></a></li>
<li class="<?php if ($first_part=="Products") {echo "active"; } else {echo "noactive";}?>"><a href="products.php"> <span>Products</span></a></li>
<li class="<?php if ($first_part=="clients") {echo "active"; } else {echo "noactive";}?>"><a href="clients.php"> <span>Clients</span></a></li>
<li class="<?php if ($first_part=="contacts") {echo "active"; } else {echo "noactive";}?>"><a href="contacts.php"> <span>CONTACT</span></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
here is my css style.
#navigation { background:#4073b9 url(images/navigation.gif) left top repeat-x; height:50px; }
#navigation ul { list-style:none; }
#navigation ul li { float:left; height:42px; line-height:42px;}
#navigation ul li a { float:left; height:42px; line-height:42px; color:#fff; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; padding:0 0 0 33px; }
#navigation ul li a span { float:left; height:42px; line-height:42px; padding:0 33px 0 0; }
#navigation ul li a:hover,
#navigation ul li a.active { background:url(images/navigation-active.gif) left top no-repeat; }
#navigation ul li a:hover span,
#navigation ul li a.active span { color:#4073b9; background:url(images/navigation-active.gif) right top no-repeat; }
<body>
<?php
$directoryURI = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
$path = parse_url($directoryURI, PHP_URL_PATH);
$components = explode('/', $path);
$first_part = $components[1];
?>
<div id="navigation">
<div class="shell">
<ul>
<li class="<?php if ($first_part=="Home") {echo "active"; } else {echo "noactive";}?>"><a href="Home.php"> <span>HOME</span></a></li>
<li class="<?php if ($first_part=="About") {echo "active"; } else {echo "noactive";}?>"><a href="About.php"> <span>ABOUT</span></a></li>
<li class="<?php if ($first_part=="services") {echo "active"; } else {echo "noactive";}?>"><a href="services.php"> <span>SERVICES</span></a></li>
<li class="<?php if ($first_part=="Products") {echo "active"; } else {echo "noactive";}?>"><a href="products.php"> <span>Products</span></a></li>
<li class="<?php if ($first_part=="clients") {echo "active"; } else {echo "noactive";}?>"><a href="clients.php"> <span>Clients</span></a></li>
<li class="<?php if ($first_part=="contacts") {echo "active"; } else {echo "noactive";}?>"><a href="contacts.php"> <span>CONTACT</span></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</body>
hope you can help me thank you.
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