Need help to code collapsing menu

[rigga]

Hi,

I am trying to code a menu for a webpage, the menu is broken up to groups
i.e:

Home
Group1
Â*menuitem1
Â*menuitem2
Â*menuitem3
Group2
Â*Â*menuitem1
Â*Â*menuitem2
Â*menuitem3
And so on.

What I want to achieve is that the groups are shown in a collapsed state
depending on the page which is currently being displayed i.e so it starts
out like this

Home
Group1
Group2

If you click on Group1 it loads the first menuitem page and highlights it
and redraws the page expanding that group i.e. (note * denotes highligthed)
Home
Group1
Â*Â*menuitem1
Â*Â*Â*menuitem2
Â*Â*Â*menuitem3 Â*
Group2

And the same would apply if you click on Group2 i.e:
Home
Group1
Group2
Â*Â*menuitem1
Â*Â*Â*Â*menuite m2
Â*Â*Â*Â*menuite m3Â*

What is the best way to go about this? I have coded it 'the long way' where
there is lots of duplication of code.

I hope this all makes sense and that I have explained it clearly.

I am new to php so would really appreciate your help as I am totally at a
loss on how to best do this.

Many thanks

Rigga

[SOR]

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<Sun, 10 Jul 2005 16:08:21 +0100>

inc_nav.php

Being a newbie I was curious how to do it without using stuff like
?pass=1 in the url and came up with this .

Do a cut-n-paste into inc_nav.php

<?php $filename=$_SER VER["REQUEST_UR I"]; ?>

<a href="index.php " class="butnav"> HOME</a><br>
<a href="group_one .php" class="butnav"> GROUP ONE</a><br>
<?php if ($filename=="/rigged/group_one.php") {g_one();} ?>
<a href="group_two .php" class="butnav"> GROUP TWO</a><br>
<?php if ($filename=="/rigged/group_two.php") {g_two();} ?>
<a href="index.php " class="butnav"> HOME</a><br>

<?php
function g_one()
{
print "<a href=index.php class=butnav>.. ... GROUP ONE</a><br>";
print "<a href=index.php class=butnav>.. ... GROUP ONE</a><br>";
}
?>

<?php
function g_two()
{
print "<a href=index.php class=butnav>.. ... GROUP TWO</a><br>";
print "<a href=index.php class=butnav>.. ... GROUP TWO</a><br>";
}
?>


<?php if ($filename=="/rigged/group_one.php") {g_one();} ?>

"/rigged/group_one.php"

/rigged/ being the folder name i used and you will need to adjust this
to suit your own webspace .

[SOR]

<comp.lang.ph p , SOR , we*******@spare sorrepair.co.uk .INVALID>
<MP************ ************@no-cancel.newsread er.com>
<Sun, 10 Jul 2005 19:51:41 +0100>

Being a newbie I was curious how to do it without using stuff like
?pass=1 in the url and came up with this .

Do a cut-n-paste into inc_nav.php

<?php $filename=$_SER VER["REQUEST_UR I"]; ?>

<a href="index.php " class="butnav"> HOME</a><br>
<a href="group_one .php" class="butnav"> GROUP ONE</a><br>
<?php if ($filename=="/rigged/group_one.php") {g_one();} ?>
<a href="group_two .php" class="butnav"> GROUP TWO</a><br>
<?php if ($filename=="/rigged/group_two.php") {g_two();} ?>
<a href="index.php " class="butnav"> HOME</a><br>

And perhaps a good reason why you shouldnt listen to a newbie .

If you clicked on a sub menu link - the sub menu would disappear .

This seems to work quite well though , Thanks for asking the question
dude as I learnt loads from doing it .


inc_nav.php

<?php $filename=$_SER VER["REQUEST_UR I"]; ?>

<?php $g1=0; $g2=0; ?>

<?php

if ($filename=="/rigged/group_one.php") {$g1=1;}
if ($filename=="/rigged/anythings.php") {$g1=1;}
if ($filename=="/rigged/bigjobbys.php") {$g1=1;}

if ($filename=="/rigged/group_two.php") {$g2=1;}
if ($filename=="/rigged/blahblahs.php") {$g2=1;}
if ($filename=="/rigged/foofoofoo.php") {$g2=1;}

?>

<a href="index.php " class="butnav"> HOME</a><br>
<a href="group_one .php" class="butnav"> GROUP ONE</a><br>
<?php if ($g1==1) {g_one();} ?>
<a href="group_two .php" class="butnav"> GROUP TWO</a><br>
<?php if ($g2==1) {g_two();} ?>
<a href="index.php " class="butnav"> HOME</a><br>

<?php
function g_one()
{
print "<a href=index.php class=butnav>.. ... GROUP ONE</a><br>";
print "<a href=index.php class=butnav>.. ... GROUP ONE</a><br>";
}
?>

<?php
function g_two()
{
print "<a href=index.php class=butnav>.. ... GROUP TWO</a><br>";
print "<a href=index.php class=butnav>.. ... GROUP TWO</a><br>";
}
?>