how to add active class in current page in CakePhp

Question

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i have a page in my default.ctp file in which i want to add \'active\

Answer 1

Not to revive a dead post, but this is what I do (which I believe is a bit cleaner and faster and a bit more manageable)

I create an element that has an array of pages, then I check against each item in the array to see if it is the current page. If it is I add the active class.

I can then call this element from anywhere.

// Changed the line below to a multi-dimensional array to cater for different controllers and actions

//$mypages = array('Home','About','Pricing','FAQs','Contact');
$mypages = array(
 array('controller'=>'controller1','action'=>'action1','name'=>'name1'),
 array('controller'=>'controller2','action'=>'action2','name'=>'name2
')
);
foreach ($mypages as $page ){
// Changed to account for controller and action
//$currentPage = isset($this->params['pass'][0]) ?$this->params['pass'][0] : "";
$controller = isset($this->request->params['controller'])?$this->request->params['controller']: "";
$action= isset($this->request->params['action'])?$this->request->params['action']: "";

    if (strtolower($page['controller']) == $controller && strtolower($page['action']) == $action) {  
        echo "
" . $this->Html->link($page,array("controller"=>"pages", "action"=>strtolower($page))) . "
" ;  
    } 
    else  {
        echo "
" . $this->Html->link($page,array("controller"=>"pages", "action"=>strtolower($page)))  . "
"; 
    }
}