PHP navigation with $_GET method ignoring css active class [duplicate] - php

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My hover links work as well as the navigation, but the active link will not come on.
My CSS active:
#header ul li a.active,
#header ul li a.active:hover {
color:#fff;
background:#000;
font-weight:bold;
Here is my nav.php file:
<ul>
<?php
$pages = array(
"index.php?p=home" => "Home",
"index.php?p=contact" => "Contact Us",
"index.php?p=services" => "Services",
"index.php?p=employees" => "Employees",
"index.php?p=dashboard" => "Dashboard");
$p = (isset($_GET['p'])) ? $_GET['p'] : "";
foreach ($pages as $url => $label) {
echo '<li ';
if (preg_match("/$p/",$url)) {
echo "class='active'";
}
echo '><a href=', "$url", '>', "$label", '</a></li>';
}
?>
</ul>
This is my method inside of the index page retrieving each page:
<?php
if (file_exists("pages/$p.php")) {
include("pages/$p.php");
}else{
include("pages/home.php");
}
?>

Answer 1

I suppose that you are using urls like: /index.php?p=page_name
<ul>
<?php
$pages = array(
"home" => "Home",
"contact" => "Contact Us",
"services" => "Services",
"employees" => "Employees",
"dashboard" => "Dashboard");
$p = (isset($_GET['p'])) ? $_GET['p'] : "";
foreach ($pages as $url => $label) {
echo '<li ';
if ($p == $url) {
echo "class='active'";
}
echo '>' . $label . '</li>';
}
?>
</ul>