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Heather Weaver
3,887 PointsError in 'Adding Active States'
I'm following along with the making a simple PHP application video course.
Following the 'Adding Active States' video, I added $section variables to the index, contact and shirts pages. At this point, the pages still load.
The problem comes when I modify the header PHP file to add the conditional. My html/php code is this:
<li class="shirts <?php if ($section == "shirts") { echo "on" }; ?>"><a href="shirts.php">Shirts</a></li>
Once I add this php snippet, the pages no longer load. Am I doing something wrong? It still appears to be formatted correctly. Am I missing something incredibly simple? Help please!
1 Answer
Drew Butcher
33,160 PointsHey Heather Weaver ,
I am working through those videos too. Here is the code that I added in my header.php file and everything seemed to work fine (meaning the correct underlining occurs).
<li class="shirts <?php if ($section == "shirts") {echo "on";} ?>"><a href="./shirts.php">Shirts</a></li>
<li class="contact <?php if ($section == "contact") {echo "on";} ?> "><a href="./contact.php">Contact</a></li>
I hope this helps.
Best, Drew
Heather Weaver
3,887 PointsHeather Weaver
3,887 PointsIt does help! I guess I forgot to put a semi-colon after "on" and so it rendered the whole thing useless. Thanks for your help!
Drew Butcher
33,160 PointsDrew Butcher
33,160 PointsGlad I could help. I do that too, apparently JavaScript let's you get away without having the semicolon but php is not so forgiving. Happy TreeHousin' !
best, Drew