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tian jin
Courses Plus Student 5,162 Pointswhy do I have to define $section variable in both footer.php and header.php?
otherwise the nav background will be displayed un normally
2 Answers
Steven Walters
10,573 PointsYou define the $section variable in each of your section files. Shirts, contact, etc. Then in the header.php you check to see what what value the $section variable has so the header can indicate what section to highlight.
melissa brown
4,670 Pointsi dont really understand this concept either. i understand that 'in the header.php you check to see what what value the $section variable has so the header can indicate what section to highlight" but then why do we have to define the $section variable in each of the section files. im just not seeing the connection, its seems like you have everything u need in the header file for it to tell u what to do. eg if the section = contact then turn 'on'. so why do u need to add the variables in the section files? eg
<li class="contact <?php if ($section == "contact") {echo "on"; } ?>
Lucas Santos
19,315 PointsLucas Santos
19,315 PointsCan you please be a bit more descriptive and supply us with your code so we can see exactly what you mean and help you. Just a tip for the future, whenever asking a programming question anywhere try to be as descriptive as possible and maybe provide code, you'll get an answer much faster that way.