How to set current page “active” in php

Question

Hi I have a menu on my site on each page, I want to put it in it\'s own menu.php file but i\'m not sure how to set the class=\"active\" for whatever page i\

Answer 1

This worked for me:

    function active_page($script){

    $actual = basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);

  if($script == $actual){
      return 'active-page'; //class name in css
  }
}