Dynamic Navigation Menu in PHP

In general, a menu is a list of items. A menu is presented as a group of audible choices to which the user can respond by pressing a button or speaking aloud. A menu is a group of options presented to the user of a computer to help the user get information about any program or application. Menus are commonly used in graphical user interfaces such as Windows.

The item of a menu is like the point on the map that says "you are here".

A menu is a set of commands or options from which you can select your choice. You can select an item from the menu by highlighting it and then pressing enter or by simply pointing to the item and clicking the mouse button.

There are many types of menus, some of them are:

A dynamic menu with scrolling color glide following is appropriate for a personal entertainment blog and a website which requires new fashioned style and personalization.

First of all we will create menu.php file.

Code

<?php
function menu_item ($id, $title, $current)
{
$class = ($current == $id) ? "active" : "inactive";
?>
<tr><td class=<?=$class?>>
<a href="index.php?page=<?=$id?>"><?=$title?></a>
</td></tr>
<?php
}
function page_menu ($page)
{
?>
<table width="100%">
<?php menu_item ('Home', 'Home', $page); ?>
<?php menu_item ('About', 'About', $page); ?>
<?php menu_item ('Browse', 'Browse', $page); ?>
<?php menu_item ('Download', 'Download', $page); ?>
<?php menu_item ('Contact Us', 'Contact Us', $page); ?>
</table>
<?php
}
?>

The above file is to be saved with the name menu.php, which will be called from the index.php file later.