How can I set active class for navigation in codeigniter? - codeigniter

Question

I have a navigation which consists of different pages, I want to set the current pages active. My code is as follow
<div class="container tablistitem">
<ul>
<li class="active">Timeline</li>
<li>About</li>
<li>Friends</li>
<li>Photos</li>
</ul>
</div>
I am using following code to get the result but not working:
<div class="container tablistitem">
<ul>
<li class="<?php if($currentpage="") { echo "active"; } ?>">Timeline</li>
<li class="<?php if($currentpage="about") { echo "active"; } ?>">About</li>
<li class="<?php if($currentpage="friends") { echo "active"; } ?>">Friends</li>
<li class="<?php if($currentpage="photos") { echo "active"; } ?>">Photos</li>
</ul>
</div>

Answer 1

You can try this solution for your problem
<?php
$controller = $this->router->fetch_class(); // You can Match controller name
$method = $this->router->fetch_method(); // You can Match mathod name
?>
<div class="container tablistitem">
<ul>
<li class="<?php
if ($controller = "dashboard" && $method = "index") {
echo "active";
}
?>">Timeline</li>
<li class="<?php
if ($controller = "pages" && $method = "about") {
echo "active";
}
?>">About</li>
<li class="<?php
if ($controller = "pages" && $method = "friends") {
echo "active";
}
?>">Friends</li>
<li class="<?php
if ($controller = "pages" && $method = "photos") {
echo "active";
}
?>">Photos</li>
</ul>
</div>