Posted by rigga on 09/17/05 22:18

rigga wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am relatively new to php and am currently working on a site where I need
> to use a collapsing menu system. I have written the code to do this
> however I am completely at a loss to do one particular thing. To best
> explain what the problem is I will give you an overview of how the menu
> hangs together.
>
> The menu looks like this:
>
> Catagory1 (note these look like buttons)
> Catagory2
> Catagory3
>
> When a user clicks on a catagory that catagory expands to show the sub
> catagories and the menu then looks like this ( assuming they clicked on
> catagory1)
>
> Catagory1
> subitem1
> subitem2
> Catagory2
> Catagory3
>
> If you were to click on catagory2 then the sub items for that catagory
> would appear and the sub items for catagory 1 would disappear.
>
> The menu script I created draws the catagories to look like buttons and
> gives them a url in the form of 'index.php?s=#' so for example catagory1
> has the url of 'index.php?s=1'
>
> The script draws the first 'button' (catagory1)and proceeds to check to
> see if that catagory is active and if so it then populates the subitems
> and then loops and draws the next button (catagory2). What I would like to
> do is some how when a user click on catagory1 to have the script recognise
> this and rather than give the button the url of 'index.php?s=1' when the
> page is drawn to simply change it to a text lable, if the user was then to
> click on button 2 (catagory2) it then needs to change button 2 url to just
> a text lable and button 1 url back to 'index.php?s=1'.
>
> I hope this makes sense, i have included a cut down version of my menu
> script which hopefully will make things clearer.
>
> Any help on this will be appreciated.
>
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> <?php
> session_start();
> if ((isset($_SESSION['group'])) && (!isset($_GET['s']))) {
> $s = $_SESSION['group'];
> }
> else {
> $s = $_GET[s];
> }
>
> //Get current page
> $page = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
> // array holds menu button names and passes menu group value
> $headers = array('Cars' => 'index.php?s=1','Bikes' => 'index.php?s=2');
>
> $sub_1 = array(
> 'Sports' => 'sports.php',
> 'Family' => 'family.php',
> '4x4' => 'fourby.php'
> );
>
> $sub_2 = array(
> 'Motocross' => 'moto.php',
> 'Road' => 'road.php',
> 'Scooters' => 'scooter.php',
> );
>
> // Draw the menu
> foreach ( $headers as $key => $value ) {
>
> // Line below draws a button this is the part i want to be able to change
> the value of if that submenu is currently active
> echo "<div id=\"button\"><a href='$value'>$key</a></div>";
>
> $_SESSION['group'] = $s;
> if (($key == "Cars") && ($s == "1")) {
> foreach ( $sub_1 as $key => $value ) {
> $_SESSION['group'] = $s;
> // Check to see if page is active is so bold it
> if ($value == $page) {
> echo "<b><a href='$value'>$key</a></b>";
> }
> else {
> echo "<a href='$value'>$key</a>";
> }
> }
>
> }
>
> if (($key == "Bikes") && ($s == "2")) {
> $_SESSION['group'] = $s;
> foreach ( $sub_2 as $key => $value ) {
> $_SESSION['group'] = $s;
> // Check to see if page is active is so bold it
> if ($value == $page) {
> echo "<b><a href='$value'>$key</a></b>";
> }
> else {
> echo "<a href='$value'>$key</a>";
> }
> }
> }
> }
> ?>
>
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>
> Please note I call this script as an include from my template
>
> Many thanks
Nobody can help? or have I not explained this well enough?

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