PHP - Different Navigation

hello

navigation - how can i get the id of an active tab

i have a top nav which is pulling its tabs from a database how can i get the id of the active tab then pass it in a global to side navigation

this is the top nav code

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<?PHP
require_once("../includes/initialize.php");
global $topNavs;
global $pageName;
?>
<div id="navWrapper">
<?PHP
$topNav = navL1::find_all();
?>
  <div id="ddtabs3" class="solidblockmenu">
<ul>
<?PHP foreach($topNav as $topNavs): ?>

<li><a <?PHP echo ($pageName == $topNavs->title ? 'class="selected"' : '')?> href="<?PHP echo $topNavs->title; ?>.php" id="<?PHP echo $topNavs->title; ?>"><?PHP echo $topNavs->title; echo $topNavs->id;?></a></li>
   
   
<?PHP endforeach; ?>
</ul>
</div><!--  #ddtabs3-->
</div><!--  #navWrapper-->



this prints the id of 5 which is the last tab in my database. if i have tab 1 active how can i get my loop to get that id ?

thanks
rick

 

Hello! Can someone please explain to me why I do not read navigation from mysql database data?

 

Database

 

Code:
 

<style type="text/css">
    .navbar .dropdown-toggle, .navbar .dropdown-menu a {
        cursor: pointer;
    }

    .navbar .dropdown-item.active, .navbar .dropdown-item:active {
        color: inherit;
        text-decoration: none;
        background-color: inherit;
    }

    .navbar .dropdown-item:focus, .navbar .dropdown-item:hover {
        color: #16181b;
        text-decoration: none;
        background-color: #f8f9fa;
    }

    @media (min-width: 767px) {
        .navbar .dropdown-toggle:not(.nav-link)::after {
            display: inline-block;
            width: 0;
            height: 0;
            margin-left: .5em;
            vertical-align: 0;
            border-bottom: .3em solid transparent;
            border-top: .3em solid transparent;
            border-left: .3em solid;
        }
    }
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready(function () {
        $('.navbar .dropdown-item').on('click', function (e) {
            var $el = $(this).children('.dropdown-toggle');
            var $parent = $el.offsetParent(".dropdown-menu");
            $(this).parent("li").toggleClass('open');

            if (!$parent.parent().hasClass('navbar-nav')) {
                if ($parent.hasClass('show')) {
                    $parent.removeClass('show');
                    $el.next().removeClass('show');
                    $el.next().css({"top": -999, "left": -999});
                } else {
                    $parent.parent().find('.show').removeClass('show');
                    $parent.addClass('show');
                    $el.next().addClass('show');
                    $el.next().css({"top": $el[0].offsetTop, "left": $parent.outerWidth() - 4});
                }
                e.preventDefault();
                e.stopPropagation();
            }
        });

        $('.navbar .dropdown').on('hidden.bs.dropdown', function () {
            $(this).find('li.dropdown').removeClass('show open');
            $(this).find('ul.dropdown-menu').removeClass('show open');
        });

    });
</script>

<?php 
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "";

$db = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=dbname", $username, $password);

function menu_builder1($db, $parent_id) {
    $sql = $db->prepare("SELECT * FROM menu WHERE status = 1 ORDER BY position ASC");
    if($sql->execute()) {
        while ($row = $sql->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
            $array[$row['menu_sub_id']][] = $row;
        }
        main_menu1($array);
    }
}
function main_menu1($array, $parent_id = false) {
    if(!empty($array[$parent_id])) {
        foreach ($array[$parent_id] as $item) {
            if ($item['dropdown'] == false) {
                echo '<li class="nav-item active"><a class="nav-link" href="' . $item['href'] . '">' . $item['name'] . '</a></li>';
            }
            elseif ($item['dropdown'] == true) {
                echo '<li class="nav-item dropdown"><a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" id="dropdown2" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">' . $item['name'] . '</a>';
                sub_menu1($array, $item['menu_id']);
                echo '</li>';
            }
        }
    }
}
function sub_menu1($array = array(), $parent_id = false) {
    if(!empty($array[$parent_id])) {
        echo '<ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="dropdown2">';
        foreach ($array[$parent_id] as $item) {
            if ($item['dropdown'] == false) {
                echo '<li class="dropdown-item"><a href="' . $item['href'] . '">' . $item['name'] . '</a></li>';
            }
            elseif ($item['dropdown'] == true) {
                echo '<li class="dropdown-item dropdown"><a class="dropdown-toggle" id="dropdown2-1" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">' . $item['name'] . '</a>';
                sub_sub_menu1($array, $item['menu_id']);
                echo '</li>';
            }
        }
        echo "</ul>";
    }
}

function sub_sub_menu1($array = array(), $parent_id = false) {
    if(!empty($array[$parent_id])) {
        echo '<ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="dropdown2-1">';
        foreach ($array[$parent_id] as $item) {
            if ($item['dropdown'] == false) {
                echo '<li class="dropdown-item"><a href="' . $item['href'] . '">' . $item['name'] . '</a></li>';
            }
        }
        echo "</ul>";
    }
}
?>
<div class="navbar navbar-expand-md navbar-dark bg-dark mb-4" role="navigation">
    <button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarCollapse" aria-controls="navbarCollapse" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
        <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
    </button>
    <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarCollapse">
        <ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
            <?=menu_builder1($db, 0)?>
        </ul>
    </div>
</div>

Result:

Hey,

I hope you will understand what I am saying, because english isn't my main language -.-,

Anyway, I need to create a folder navigation, what I mean is like

you got folder on your comp : C:\navThing\ (and many sub folders and files)

what I want to do is list all files from the current directory where the user is. if he is in C:\navThing\ show dir and files in C:\navThing\ only...
if he is in C:\navThing\lol\ show dir and files in C:\navThing\lol only...

but I don't know how to get the user position, for the moment I'm using $_GET, but well, I don't think it's really secure... ( xxx.php?path=lol/ )

if anybody can think of any other way, where the user can't modify it tell me, I thougth session would be good, but what if he use previous... anyway any suggestion?

I have an interesting question here. Below is my html of my navigation menu however I'm setting up something in my database which has some good stuff in it and I"m trying to figure out how to implement it all so that the images, links, and everything will still work properly. This will probably take some thinking and I can't come up with a way to do this while still being able to have the images appear right.

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<div id="navigation">
               
                    <img id="navigation" src="images/navigation.jpg" alt="Navigation" />
           
            <a href="applications.php"><img class="links" src="images/applications1.jpg" alt="Applications" onmouseover="this.src = 'images/applications2.jpg'" onmouseout="this.src = 'images/applications1.jpg'" /></a>
           
            <a href="#"><img class="links" src="images/rules1.jpg" alt="Rules" onmouseover="this.src = 'images/rules2.jpg'" onmouseout="this.src = 'images/rules1.jpg'" /></a>
           
            <a href="#"><img class="links" src="images/history1.jpg" alt="History" onmouseover="this.src = 'images/history2.jpg'" onmouseout="this.src = 'images/history1.jpg'" /></a>
           
            <a href="#"><img class="links" src="images/frontoffice1.jpg" alt="Front Office" onmouseover="this.src = 'images/frontoffice2.jpg'" onmouseout="this.src = 'images/frontoffice1.jpg'" /></a>
           
            <a href="#"><img class="links" src="images/forums1.jpg" alt="Forums" onmouseover="this.src = 'images/forums2.jpg'" onmouseout="this.src = 'images/forums1.jpg'" /></a>
           
            <a href="#"><img class="links" src="images/roster1.jpg" alt="Roster" onmouseover="this.src = 'images/roster2.jpg'" onmouseout="this.src = 'images/roster1.jpg'" /></a>
           
            <a href="#"><img class="links" src="images/halloffame1.jpg" alt="Hall of Fame" onmouseover="this.src = 'images/halloffame2.jpg'" onmouseout="this.src = 'images/halloffame1.jpg'" /></a>
           
            <a href="#"><img class="links" src="images/backstage1.jpg" alt="Backstage" onmouseover="this.src = 'images/backstage2.jpg'" onmouseout="this.src = 'images/backstage1.jpg'" /></a>
       
                </div> <!-- End of navigation div -->
Database Table - Menus
fields- id, menuname

Database Table - Menu Items
fields - id, menu_id, contentpage_id, itemname, itemurl, itemorder

Hi PHP Freaks!

Here is my problem. I want to have a PHP navigation system that uses Arrays to control it.

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$nav = array(
    "title1" => "url1",
    "title2" => array(
        "sub-page1" => "url1",
        "sub-page2" => "url2"
        ),
    "title3" => array(
        "sub-page1" => "url1",
        "sub-page2" => "url2"
        ),
    "title4" => array(
        "sub-page1" => "url1",
        "sub-page2" => "url2"
        ),
    "title5" => "url1",
    "title6" => "url1"
    );

 $loc = basename($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);


What I'm trying to do, is if the $loc is a url in "title4" I want a ul/li printout of that array. Any help you could share with me would be MUCH appreciated.
The printout should look like:
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<ul>
<li>Title4<ul>
    <li>url1</li>
    <li>url2</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

Hi,

I'm building a dynamic site for a college project (a CMS) and have been using a Lynda tutorial. When the user clicks on a subject, the sub menu appears for the (a UL with a UL), so there is an 'accordian effect'. However, when I click on one of the page links in the sub menu, the content for that page appears, but the second UL containing the links to the pages dissapears. It only re-appears when I click back on the parent element (the subject link).

I'd really appreciate some help. I've tried editing this code below but have had no joy:

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function public_navigation($sel_subject, $sel_page, $public = true) {
$output = "<ul class=\"subjects\">";
$subject_set = get_all_subjects($public);
while ($subject = mysql_fetch_array($subject_set)) {
$output .= "<li";
if ($subject["id"] == $sel_subject['id']) { $output .= " class=\"selected\""; }
$output .= "><a href=\"index.php?subj=" . urlencode($subject["id"]) .
"\">{$subject["menu_name"]}</a></li>";
if ($subject["id"] == $sel_subject['id']) {
$page_set = get_pages_for_subject($subject["id"], $public);
$output .= "<ul class=\"pages\">";
while ($page = mysql_fetch_array($page_set)) {
$output .= "<li";
if ($page["id"] == $sel_page['id']) { $output .= " class=\"selected\""; }
$output .= "><a href=\"index.php?page=" . urlencode($page["id"]) .
"\">{$page["menu_name"]}</a></li>";
}
$output .= "</ul>";
}
}
$output .= "</ul>";
return $output;
}


The code that precedes this is as follows:

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function get_all_subjects($public = true) {
global $connection;
$query = "SELECT *
FROM Subjects ";
if ($public) {
$query .= "WHERE visible = 1 ";
}
$query .= "ORDER BY position ASC";
$subject_set = mysql_query($query, $connection);
confirm_query($subject_set);
return $subject_set;
}

function get_pages_for_subject($subject_id, $public = true) {
global $connection;
$query = "SELECT *
FROM pages ";
$query .= "WHERE subject_id = {$subject_id} ";
if ($public) {
$query .= "AND visible = 1 ";
}
$query .= "ORDER BY position ASC";
$page_set = mysql_query($query, $connection);
confirm_query($page_set);
return $page_set;
}

function get_subject_by_id($subject_id) {
global $connection;
$query = "SELECT * ";
$query .= "FROM Subjects ";
$query .= "WHERE id=" . $subject_id ." ";
$query .= "LIMIT 1";
$result_set = mysql_query($query, $connection);
confirm_query($result_set);
// REMEMBER:
// if no rows are returned, fetch_array will return false
if ($subject = mysql_fetch_array($result_set)) {
return $subject;
} else {
return NULL;
}
}

function get_page_by_id($page_id) {
global $connection;
$query = "SELECT * ";
$query .= "FROM pages ";
$query .= "WHERE id=" . $page_id ." ";
$query .= "LIMIT 1";
$result_set = mysql_query($query, $connection);
confirm_query($result_set);
// REMEMBER:
// if no rows are returned, fetch_array will return false
if ($page = mysql_fetch_array($result_set)) {
return $page;
} else {
return NULL;
}
}

function get_default_page($subject_id) {
// Get all visible pages
$page_set = get_pages_for_subject($subject_id, true);
if ($first_page = mysql_fetch_array($page_set)) {
return $first_page;
} else {
return NULL;
}
}

function find_selected_page() {
global $sel_subject;
global $sel_page;
if (isset($_GET['subj'])) {
$sel_subject = get_subject_by_id($_GET['subj']);
$sel_page = get_default_page($sel_subject['id']);
} elseif (isset($_GET['page'])) {
$sel_subject = NULL;
$sel_page = get_page_by_id($_GET['page']);
} else {
$sel_subject = NULL;
$sel_page = NULL;
}
}

function navigation($sel_subject, $sel_page, $public = false) {
$output = "<ul class=\"subjects\">";
$subject_set = get_all_subjects($public);
while ($subject = mysql_fetch_array($subject_set)) {
$output .= "<li";
if ($subject["id"] == $sel_subject['id']) { $output .= " class=\"selected\""; }
$output .= "><a href=\"edit_subject.php?subj=" . urlencode($subject["id"]) .
"\">{$subject["menu_name"]}</a></li>";
$page_set = get_pages_for_subject($subject["id"], $public);
$output .= "<ul class=\"pages\">";
while ($page = mysql_fetch_array($page_set)) {
$output .= "<li";
if ($page["id"] == $sel_page['id']) { $output .= " class=\"selected\""; }
$output .= "><a href=\"content.php?page=" . urlencode($page["id"]) .
"\">{$page["menu_name"]}</a></li>";
}
$output .= "</ul>";
}
$output .= "</ul>";
return $output;
}

Is there a way I can do this?

Hi guys,

I recently wrote a pagination script and it works fine, except from when trying to echo the navigation.

This is the Pagination.php Script
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<?php

class Pagination 
{
/**
 * Current Page
 *
 * @var integer
 */
var $page;

/**
 * Size of the records per page
 *
 * @var integer
 */
var $size;

/**
 * Total records
 *
 * @var integer
 */
var $total_records;

/**
 * Link used to build navigation
 *
 * @var string
 */
var $link;

/**
 * Class Constructor
 *
 * @param integer $page
 * @param integer $size
 * @param integer $total_records
 */
function Pagination($page = null, $size = null, $total_records = null)
{
$this->page = $page;
$this->size = $size;
$this->total_records = $total_records;
}

/**
 * Set's the current page
 *
 * @param unknown_type $page
 */
function setPage($page)
{
$this->page = 0+$page;
}

/**
 * Set's the records per page
 *
 * @param integer $size
 */
function setSize($size)
{
$this->size = 0+$size;
}

/**
 * Set's total records
 *
 * @param integer $total
 */
function setTotalRecords($total)
{
$this->total_records = 0+$total;
}

/**
 * Sets the link url for navigation pages
 *
 * @param string $url
 */
function setLink($url)
{
$this->link = $url;
}

/**
 * Returns the LIMIT sql statement
 *
 * @return string
 */
function getLimitSql()
{
$sql = " WHERE school = 'ssb' ORDER BY orientation LIMIT " . $this->getLimit();
return $sql;
}

/**
 * Get the LIMIT statment
 *
 * @return string
 */
function getLimit()
{
if ($this->total_records == 0)
{
$lastpage = 0;
}
else 
{
$lastpage = ceil($this->total_records/$this->size);
}

$page = $this->page;

if ($this->page < 1)
{
$page = 1;
} 
else if ($this->page > $lastpage && $lastpage > 0)
{
$page = $lastpage;
}
else 
{
$page = $this->page;
}

$sql = ($page - 1) * $this->size . "," . $this->size;

return $sql;
}

/**
 * Creates page navigation links
 *
 * @return  string
 */
function create_links()
{
$totalItems = $this->total_records;
$perPage = $this->size;
$currentPage = $this->page;
$link = $this->link;

$totalPages = floor($totalItems / $perPage);
$totalPages += ($totalItems % $perPage != 0) ? 1 : 0;

if ($totalPages < 1 || $totalPages == 1){
return null;
}

$output = null;
//$output = '<span id="total_page">Page (' . $currentPage . '/' . $totalPages . ')</span>&nbsp;';

$loopStart = 1; 
$loopEnd = $totalPages;

if ($totalPages > 5)
{
if ($currentPage <= 3)
{
$loopStart = 1;
$loopEnd = 5;
}
else if ($currentPage >= $totalPages - 2)
{
$loopStart = $totalPages - 4;
$loopEnd = $totalPages;
}
else
{
$loopStart = $currentPage - 2;
$loopEnd = $currentPage + 2;
}
}

if ($loopStart != 1){
$output .= sprintf('<li class="disabledpage"><a href="' . $link . '">&#38;#171;</a></li>', '1');
}

if ($currentPage > 1){
$output .= sprintf('<li class="nextpage"><a href="' . $link . '">Previous</a></li>', $currentPage - 1);
}

for ($i = $loopStart; $i <= $loopEnd; $i++)
{
if ($i == $currentPage){
$output .= '<li class="currentpage">' . $i . '</li> ';
} else {
$output .= sprintf('<li><a href="' . $link . '">', $i) . $i . '</a></li> ';
}
}

if ($currentPage < $totalPages){
$output .= sprintf('<li class="nextpage"><a href="' . $link . '">Next</a></li>', $currentPage + 1);
}

if ($loopEnd != $totalPages){
$output .= sprintf('<li class="nextpage"><a href="' . $link . '">&#38;#187;</a></li>', $totalPages);
}



return "<div class='pagination'><ul>" . $output . "</ul></div>";
}
}

?>
And this is the actual page which needs paginating:

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<?php

include('Pagination.php');

$page = 1;

// how many records per page
$size = 9;

// we get the current page from $_GET
if (isset($_GET['page'])){
    $page = (int) $_GET['page'];
}

// create the pagination class
$pagination = new Pagination();
$pagination->setLink("album.php?page=%s");
$pagination->setPage($page);
$pagination->setSize($size);
$pagination->setTotalRecords($total_records);

// now use this SQL statement to get records from your table
//$SQL = "SELECT * FROM mytable " . $pagination->getLimitSql();


$myServer = "********";  
$myUser = "*******";
$myPass = "*******";
$myDB = "*******";

//connection to the database
$dbhandle = mysql_connect($myServer, $myUser, $myPass)
  or die("Couldn't connect to SQL Server on $myServer"); 

//select a database to work with
$selected = mysql_select_db($myDB, $dbhandle)
  or die("Couldn't open database $myDB"); 



$album_query = "SELECT * FROM albums WHERE album_name = '" . $_REQUEST['album'] . "' ";

$album_result = mysql_query($album_query) or die('Error Getting Information Requested for album');

$album_row = mysql_fetch_array($album_result);




$album = $_REQUEST['album'] . " " . $album_row['school'];


$photo_query = "SELECT * FROM `" . $album . "` " . $pagination->getLimitSql();

//$photo_query = "SELECT * FROM `" . $album . "` WHERE school = 'ssb' ORDER BY orientation" . $pagination->getLimitSql();


$photo_result = mysql_query($photo_query) or die('Error Getting Information Requested for photos');

$photo_row = mysql_fetch_array($photo_result);

$photo_row_count = mysql_num_rows($photo_result);




$i = 0;
$cellcnt = 0;
while ($i < $photo_row_count) {

$thumb_selection = $_REQUEST['album'] . " " . $album_row['school'];
$photo_selection = $_REQUEST['album'] . " " . $album_row['school'];

if($thumb_selection == "nutcracker 2007 ssb")
$act_thumb = mysql_result($photo_result,$i,"thumbnail");
else
$act_thumb = mysql_result($photo_result,$i,"thumbnail") . "/" . mysql_result($photo_result,$i,"photo_id") . ".jpg";

if($photo_selection == "nutcracker 2007 ssb")
$act_photo = mysql_result($photo_result,$i,"photo_path");
else
$act_photo = mysql_result($photo_result,$i,"photo_path") . "/" . mysql_result($photo_result,$i,"photo_id") . ".jpg";

if (!(mysql_result($photo_result,$i,"photo_name") == ""))
$photo_name_font_tag = "<font style=' padding: 5px; background-color:grey; font-family: Vag Round, Vag Rounded; color: #C02777;'>";
else
$photo_name_font_tag = "<font style='font-family: Vag Round, Vag Rounded; color: #C02777;'>";

$f1 ="
<td align='center'>
<a class='grouped_elements' rel='group1' href='" . $act_photo . "'><img src='" . $act_thumb . "' />
<br />
" . mysql_result($photo_result,$i,"photo_name") . "</a>
</td></font>
";

echo "" .  $f1 ."";

$cellcnt++;
if ($cellcnt == 3) {
echo "</tr> <tr>";
$cellcnt = 0;
}

$i++;
}

?>
</table>
</td>
<td>
&nbsp;
</td>
<td>
&nbsp;
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
&nbsp;
</td>
<td>
<?php 

$navigav = $pagination->create_links();
//$navigav = $pagination -> create_links($output);
echo $navigav;

?>


Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Jacob.

Hi guys!

I need a php page that is splitted into 2 screens. One will display the navigation menu and the second one is the iframe.

As for the navigation menu, I am getting the list of all files in the current directory with readdir(). Then I create an array with all of the items that are folders (is_dir() function) and apply the same script on them. My problem is to correctly display all of the information I gather in an adequate manner. Can anyone help me with that? Also if anyone has ready-to-go scripts, I would highly appreciate that too.

Also, once a user choose a file, it should be loaded in the iframe. How do I specify "src" attribute for the iframe, in that case?

Thanks!

im trying to write a simple script. Pretty much to scrape a page content. maybe you can help me.  This is what i got so far

<?php
$url = 'http://www.solecollector.com/forums/memberlist.php';
$output = file_get_contents($url);
echo $output;
?>

which works good. Now how could i have it navigate to the next page and run the script again, and do so untill it reaches the last page.

Any help its appreciated or point me on the right direction.

I was talking to some friends, who are just as new as me in programming, and they think it would be better to use a single navigation file for every link in a web site.

Something like this:

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<a href="nav.php?id=home&otherparams" >Home</a>
<a href="nav.php?id=products&otherparams" >Products</a>
<a href="nav.php?id=contact&otherparams" >Contact</a>
I told them I think this might be easier to maintain, but also might take up on loading time, as the site viewer will have to go through an extra node to get where he wants.
Is this single navigation file a good practice or should it be avoided?

Thanks for any comments...

I am relatively new to PHP, trying to learn more every day.

I have been enjoying using Server Side Includes in my sidebars, footer etc with good results, much handier and more efficient!

I would like to do the same for the header and main site navigation.

However, the main problem that I am not sure how to deal with comes from having 'active' links (differently coloured menu tab for the page the user is on) in my menu.

Here is a small menu example:

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<div class="menu">
                 <ul>
                         <li><a href="nav.php" class="active">Home</a></li>
                         <li><a href="nav2.php">About</a></li>
                         <li><a href="products1.php">Products</a></li>
                         <li><a href="products2.php">Products 2</a></li>
                         <li><a href="products3.php">Products 3</a></li>

                       
                    </ul>
    </div> 
When the user is on the Home page, the class is set to active - i.e. a different colour.

If I do a simple server side include with my navigation this will of course be across all the pages. Can anyone please advise on what I need to do to make the menu work correctly across all the pages? (have different tabs selected for each respective page).

Any help / insight is much appreciated.

Hi,

I have a file structure for all my files on my website that works fine for the most part. The basic layout would be something similar to the following.

- root folder
    - sub_folder1
         - folder1
         - folder2
    -sub_folder2
         - folder1
         - folder2
Each of the folders would contain relative .php files carrying out specific functions etc. The issue I am having is as follows. If I am on a webpage that is located in either of the folder1/folder2 folders, and I need to redirect somebody to a file located in the root folder, I am not able to do this without the page not being displayed correctly.

On the file located in the folder1 folder, I have a <? php include("page1.php");?> which works fine. Trying to access a file to redirect to from this folder, I have tried,
 <? php include("../page1.php");?>, but this only bring me up one level,  <? php include("../../page1.php");?> which I think is wrong anyway, and doesn't work, and also  <? php include("./page1.php");?>, again does not work.

Does anyone know if it is possible to get the file from the subfolders to access a file located directly in the root?

Sorry if I'm not being clear explaining the layout etc.

Thanks.

In CSS, most people add most styling to the A tag instead of UL or LI.  Do you know why?