wordpress style menu manager - php

Question

I'm trying to make a WordPress style menu manager for my own CMS using php and jquery-ui. I already made the first steps but I don't really know how should I carry on especially how to realize the parent-child relationship between menu items. My actual code looks like
<style>
#sortable { list-style-type: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 60%; }
#sortable li { margin: 0 5px 5px 5px; padding: 5px; font-size: 1.2em; height: 1.5em; }
html>body #sortable li { height: 1.5em; line-height: 1.2em; }
.ui-state-highlight { height: 1.5em; line-height: 1.2em; }
</style>
<script>
$(function() {
$( "#sortable" ).sortable({
placeholder: "ui-state-highlight"
});
$( "#sortable" ).disableSelection();
});
</script>
<div class="admin_menus">
<ul id="sortable">
<?php foreach($menus as $menu): ?>
<?php if(array_key_exists('children', $menu)):?>
<li class="ui-state-default">
<?= $menu['name'] ?>
<ul class="dropdown-menu_test">
<?php foreach($menu['children'] as $menu_child):?>
<li class="ui-state-default" ><?= $menu_child['name'] ?></li>
<?php endforeach;?>
</ul>
</li>
<?php else:?>
<li class="ui-state-default" ><?= $menu['name'] ?></li>
<?php endif;?>
<?php endforeach;?>
</ul>
</div>
where $menus holds my menu items retrieved from database

Answer 1

You can use this plugin to implement draggable menu feature in your website
http://dbushell.github.io/Nestable/
It is simple to use, and you can customize on your own.