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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Creating the Menu and Footer Adding Active States to the Navigation

Nino Roldan
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Nino Roldan
Courses Plus Student 9,308 Points
Posted by Nino Roldan
Nino Roldan
Courses Plus Student 9,308 Points

Shirts link shows white background

Hi, I put in the php code to decipher if the $section variable is "shirts" and then it should underilne the link and the logic is working fine. but it seems like there is a problem with the css/html as after i put in the php code, the "Shirts" link background became white.

3 Answers

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

If you're seeing the white background on the home page it has to do with the $section variable not being defined on the homepage.

Here's another post that should help you:
https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/step-left-out-indexphp-contains-error-in-header

Robert Walker
Robert Walker
17,146 Points
Robert Walker
Robert Walker
17,146 Points

Hi Nino,

I would love to help you out but you need to include your code to see what the problem is.

I suggest you watch the video "Tips for asking questions" over on the right to see how to use the markdown sheet and add code, it will be a huge help to you in the future when trying to ask questions about code and get help.

Nino Roldan
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Nino Roldan
Courses Plus Student 9,308 Points
Nino Roldan
Nino Roldan
Courses Plus Student 9,308 Points

Thanks to both Robert and Jason! Yes I should be more descriptive with my questions and will keep that in mind in the future.

Thanks Jason for pointing me to that direction; understood it now! Looks like the "isset" route is a good way to "future proof" (am i using it correctly?) the site.

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Nino,

I guess you could think of it as future proofing in the sense that as you add more pages to your site you don't have to worry about setting that $section variable every single time. Even on pages that don't use it.