Set active state on navigation dynamically

Question

I seem to run into this problem frequently and can never find a solution. I have a Wordpress site with a top navigation. Since this is in my header.php, and used on all page

Answer 1

You can try like this

      Home
 

      Contact
 

And then in your home page

$this_page='Home';

And in your contact page

$this_page='Contact';