Create a php menu that highlights current tab - php

Question

So I have a menu in a php file that looks like this (This is the whole file. I'm totally new to PHP.)
menu.php:
<li id="current"><span>Home</span></li>
<li><span>Blog</span></li>
<li><span>Results</span></li>
<li><span>Pictures</span></li>
<li><span>Our Location</span></li>
Now in my pages I do this (index.php):
<div id="tabs1" >
<ul>
<!-- CSS Tabs -->
<?php include("menu.php"); ?>
</ul>
</div>
So what I want to be able to do is change the line above to this:
<?php include("menu.php?current=pictures"); ?>
Which would make the active tab the Pictures tab. How can I do this?

Answer 1

You could also try this:
Your php script
<?php
$selected = "pictures";
$current_id = ' id="current"';
include "menu.php";
?>
this is your menu:
<ul>
<li <?php if ($selected == "pictures") print $current_id; ?>><span>Home</span></li>
<li <?php if ($selected == "blog") print $current_id; ?>><span>Blog</span></li>
<li <?php if ($selected == "home") print $current_id; ?>><span>Results</span></li>
<li <?php if ($selected == "me") print $current_id; ?>><span>Pictures</span></li>
<li <?php if ($selected == "contacts") print $current_id; ?>><span>Our Location</span></li>
</ul>

Answer 2

Try this:
<li <?php if($_GET['current'] == 'home') {echo 'id="current"'}?>><span>Home</span></li>
<li <?php if($_GET['current'] == 'blog') {echo 'id="current"'}?>><span>Blog</span></li>
<li <?php if($_GET['current'] == 'results') {echo 'id="current"'}?>><span>Results</span></li></li>
and so on....

Answer 3

worth looking at
intelligent navigation

Answer 4

<nav>
<style>
#active{
color:#FFC801;
}
</style>
<?php
$activePage = basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], ".php");
?>
<ul>
<li>About Us</li>
<li>Mentors</li>
<li>Tours</li>
<li>Animation</li>
<li>Blog</li>
<li>Testimonials</li>
<li>Press/Media</li>
<li>Facts</li>
</ul>
</nav>

Answer 5

I don't think its necessary for it to be done at the server side (using up CPU cycles).
Use javascript/CSS to achieve this.