Making a tree navigation menu in PHP
Below is the code with sufficient comments on making a tree navigation menu in PHP.
A single page holding different links. :-D
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Programming code below:
<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Tree</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body>
<h2>
Welcome to my PHP Tree Implementation
</h2>
<hr />
<?php
// making a tree menu with php
// i am using an inline css stylesheet for this i.e. uses of some divs :-D
?>
<!-- The first div is used for the navigation menu part -->
<div style="float:left; width:200px; border-right:1px solid #cccccc; height:500px; margin-top:20px; vertical-align:top; padding:6px">
<a href="phptree.php">Home</a>
<br/>
<a href="phptree.php?link=1">My Personal links</a>
<br/>
<?php
// to show the sublink when the 'my personal links' menu is clicked
if(isset($_GET['link']))
{
$link = $_GET['link'];
if($link == 1)
{
echo "<div style='margin-left:20px'>"; // making the sub menu to look inside the main menu
echo "<a href='phptree.php?link=1&sublink=gallery'>My Gallery</a>";
echo "<br/>";
echo "<a href='phptree.php?link=1&sublink=about'>About me</a>";
echo "<br/>";
echo "<a href='phptree.php?link=1&sublink=contact'>Contact me</a>";
echo "<br/>";
echo "</div>";
}
}
?>
<a href="phptree.php?link=2">Useful links</a>
<br/>
<?php
// to show the sublink when the 'useful links' menu is clicked
if(isset($_GET['link']))
{
$link = $_GET['link'];
if($link == 2)
{
echo "<div style='margin-left:20px'>"; // making the sub menu to look inside the main menu
echo "<a href='phptree.php?link=2&sublink=yahoo'>Yahoo</a>";
echo "<br/>";
echo "<a href='phptree.php?link=2&sublink=google'>Google</a>";
echo "<br/>";
if(isset($_GET['sublink']))
{
$sublink = $_GET['sublink'];
if($sublink == 'google')
{
echo "<div style='margin-left:20px'>"; // making the sub link to look inside the main link
echo "<a href='phptree.php?link=2&sublink=google&sublink2=gmail'>Gmail</a>";
echo "<br/>";
echo "<a href='phptree.php?link=2&sublink=google&sublink2=orkut'>Orkut</a>";
echo "<br/>";
echo "</div>";
}
}
echo "<a href='phptree.php?link=2&sublink=msn'>MSN</a>";
echo "<br/>";
echo "</div>";
}
}
?>
</div>
<!-- This div is used for the message display part. i.e. the right side of the page where the message is displayed after
clicking on the navigation link -->
<div style="float:left; margin-top:20px; margin-left:10px; vertical-align:top; padding:6px">
<?php
// if link is set in the url
// i.e. if the url is in the form like 'phptree.php?link=2'
if(isset($_GET['link']))
{
// get the link value from the url
$link = $_GET['link'];
// if link = 1
if($link == 1)
{
if(isset($_GET['sublink']))
{
// getting the value of sublink
$sublink = $_GET['sublink'];
if($sublink == 'gallery')
{
echo "<h2>Welcome to my gallery</h2>";
echo "My pics will go here.";
}
if($sublink == 'about')
{
echo "<h2>About me</h2>";
echo "My introduction goes here.";
}
if($sublink == 'contact')
{
echo "<h2>Contact me</h2>";
echo "My contact info goes here.";
}
}
else
{
// this message is shown initially when the sublink is not set
// i.e. when the link is just phptree.php?link=1
echo "<h3>Welcome to my personal links.</h3>";
echo "There are these links in my personal links section. See the navigation menu to the left.";
}
}
// if link = 2
if($link == 2)
{
if(isset($_GET['sublink']))
{
// getting the value of sublink
$sublink = $_GET['sublink'];
if($sublink == 'yahoo')
{
echo "<h2>www.yahoo.com</h2>";
}
if($sublink == 'google')
{
if(isset($_GET['sublink2']))
{
$sublink2 = $_GET['sublink2'];
if($sublink2 == 'gmail')
{
echo "<h2>www.gmail.com</h2>";
echo "Email from google.";
}
if($sublink2 == 'orkut')
{
echo "<h2>www.orkut.com</h2>";
echo "A commumity site from google.";
}
}
else
{
// initially when the link google is clicked, the message below is displayed
echo "<h2>www.google.com</h2>";
echo "Please navigate through more sublinks inside google.";
}
}
if($sublink == 'msn')
{
echo "<h2>www.msn.com</h2>";
}
}
else
{
// this message is shown initially when the sublink is not set
// i.e. when the link is just phptree.php?link=2
echo "<h3>Welcome to some useful links.</h3>";
echo "There are these links in my useful links section. See the navigation menu to the left.";
echo "<h4>Click on the Google link. You will find more sublink there.</h4>";
}
}
}
else
{
// else if the link is not set in the url
// i.e. the url is in the form like 'phptree.php' only
// you will see this initially when you load the page phptree.php
echo "Welcome to my php tree implementation.";
echo "<br/>";
echo "Please navigate through the navigation menu in the left.";
echo "<br/>";
echo "<h4>One page implementation of different links. :-D</h4>";
}
?>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Enjoy!
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