Twitter Bootstrap Navbar align not working properly - php

Question

im generating a bootstrap navbar using codeigniter, its working fine but i want the admin link to be aligned to the right. here is my code:
function get_menu ($array, $child = FALSE)
{
$CI =& get_instance();
$str = '';
if (count($array)) {
$str .= $child == FALSE ? '<ul class="nav navbar-left navbar-custom">' . PHP_EOL : '</ul>' . PHP_EOL;
foreach ($array as $item) {
$active = $CI->uri->segment(1) == $item['slug'] ? TRUE : FALSE;
if (isset($item['children']) && count($item['children'])) {
$str .= $active ? '<li class="dropdown active">' : '<li class="dropdown">';
$str .= '<a class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="' . site_url(e($item['slug'])) . '">' . e($item['title']);
$str .= '<b class="caret"></b></a>' . PHP_EOL;
$str .= get_menu($item['children'], TRUE);
}
else {
$str .= $active ? '<li class="active">' : '<li>';
$str .= '' . e($item['title']) . '';
}
// Closing tags
$str .= '</li>' ;
}
//add dashboard link to the right of menu for login
$str .= '<li>' . '<p class="navbar-text navbar-right"><a
`href="admin/dashboard" class="navbar-link"> ADMIN</a></p></li>' . PHP_EOL;
$str .= '</ul>' . PHP_EOL;
}
im getting a navbar with required links but its all inline. any help is aappreciated. Cheers

Answer 1

This is because of where you are adding the navbar-right class. You have to add it to an ul element. Change your second to last string:
$str .= '<li>' . '<p class="navbar-text navbar-right"><a `href="admin/dashboard" class="navbar-link"> ADMIN</a></p></li>' . PHP_EOL;
To something along these lines:
<ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
<li> ADMIN</li>
</ul>
And do not add it inside of your current ul element, that will also not work; you need to close the navbar-left class then add the navbar-right.
Looking something like this:
UPDATE
I think I got it, you do not have the nav element around your navbar, and that is probably what is causing the issues with alignments...
<?php
function get_menu ($array, $child = FALSE)
{
$CI =& get_instance();
$str = '';
if (count($array)) {
$str .= $child == FALSE ? '<nav class="navbar navbar-default"> <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-custom">' . PHP_EOL; // create the <nav> element
foreach ($array as $item) {
$active = $CI->uri->segment(1) == $item['slug'] ? TRUE : FALSE;
if (isset($item['children']) && count($item['children'])) {
$str .= $active ? '<li class="dropdown active">' : '<li class="dropdown">';
$str .= '<a class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="' . site_url(e($item['slug'])) . '">' . e($item['title']);
$str .= '<b class="caret"></b></a>' . PHP_EOL;
$str .= get_menu($item['children'], TRUE);
}
else {
$str .= $active ? '<li class="active">' : '<li>';
$str .= '' . e($item['title']) . '';
}
// Closing tags
$str .= '</li>' ;
}
$str .= '</ul>' . PHP_EOL;
//add dashboard link to the right of menu for login
$str .= '<ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
<li> ADMIN</li>
</ul>' . PHP_EOL;
// add the nav closing tag
$str .= '</nav>' . PHP_EOL;
}
?>