Convert html nav menu into dynamic php

Question

I got this nav menu in html and I need to convert it into php. I tried with php array and foreach but I stuck on the subitems. I cant figure out right now what should I do. Any ideas?

This is what i did till now.

Make an array for the parent items.

//Nav Items
$navItems = array(
array(
    slug   => "index.php",
    title  => "Home"
),
array(
    slug   => "cruise-partners.php",
    title  => "Cruise Partners"
),
array(
    slug   => "destinations.php",
    title  => "Destinations"
),
array(
    slug   => "cruise-deals.php",
    title  => "Cruise Deals"
),
array(
    slug   => "cruise-type.php",
    title  => "Cruise Type"
),
array(
    slug   => "river-cruise.php",
    title  => "River Cruise"
),
array(
    slug   => "luxury.php",
    title  => "Luxury"
),
array(
    slug   => "contact.php",
    title  => "Contacts"
)

);

?>

Use foreach and echo them

      <div class="containermargins clearfix">
      <nav class="hmenu"data-responsive-menu="true"data-responsive-levels="">
       <div class="responsivemenu collapse-button">
      <div class="container-inner">
        <div class="menuitem ">
          <a data-toggle="collapse"data-target=".hmenu .collapse-button + .navbar-collapse"href="#"onclick="return false;"><span></span></a>
      </div>
  </div>
   </div>
  <div class="navbar-collapse collapse">
  <div class="horizontalmenu  clearfix">
      <div class="container-inner">
          <ul class="menu  nav nav-pills nav-justified">  

`<?php foreach ($navItems as $item) {
echo '<li class="menuitem  submenu-icon-only toplevel-item"><a class="active" href=\"$item[slug]\">$item[title]</a></li>';
  } ?>`

      </ul>
</div>
  </div>

Here is my html nav menu.

<div class="containermargins clearfix">
<nav class="hmenu"data-responsive-menu="true"data-responsive-levels="">
<div class="responsivemenu collapse-button">
  <div class="container-inner">
      <div class="menuitem ">
          <a data-toggle="collapse"data-target=".hmenu .collapse-button + .navbar-collapse"href="#"onclick="return false;"><span></span></a>
          </div>
        </div>
     </div>
    <div class="navbar-collapse collapse">
    <div class="horizontalmenu  clearfix">
      <div class="container-inner">
          <ul class="menu  nav nav-pills nav-justified">
    <li class="menuitem  submenu-icon-only toplevel-item">
    <aclass="active"title=" Direction - Tailor-made  Holidays"href="./home.html">Home</a>
       <div class="menu-popup ">
        <ul class="menu no-margins">
            <li class="menuitem sub-item sub-item">
       <a title="About Us"href="./home/about-us.html">About Us</a>
            </li>
            <li class="menuitem sub-item sub-item">
      <a title="FAQ"href="./home/faq.html">FAQ</a>
            </li>
        </ul>
        </div>
       </li>
       <li class="menuitem  submenu-icon-only toplevel-item">
      <a title=" Partners"href="./partners.html">Partners</a>
     <div class="menu-popup ">
       <ul class="menu no-margins">
            <li class="menuitem sub-item sub-item">
            <a title="Carnival"href="./partners/carnivals.html">Carnivals</a>
           </li>
           <li class="menuitem sub-item sub-item">
            <a title="Celebrity"href="./partners/Celebrity.html">Celebrity</a>
            <div class="menu-popup ">
  <ul class="menu no-margins">
     <li class="menuitem sub-item sub-item">
      <a title="Third Level 1"href="./partners/Celebrity/third-level-one.html">Third Level 1</a>
  </li>
    </ul>
            </div>
        </li>
        <li class="menuitem sub-item sub-item">
            <a title="Cunard"href="./partners/cunard.html">Cunard</a>
        </li>
        <li class="menuitem sub-item sub-item">
            <a title="Holland America Line"href="./partners/holland-america-line.html">Holland America Line</a>
        </li>
        <li class="menuitem sub-item sub-item">
            <a title="Norwegian"href="./partners/norwegian.html">Norwegian</a>
        </li>
        <li class="menuitem sub-item sub-item">
            <a title="Princess"href="./partners/princess.html">Princess</a>
        </li>
        <li class="menuitem sub-item sub-item">
            <a title="Star Clippers"href="./partners/star-clippers.html">Star Clippers</a>
        </li>
        <li class="menuitem sub-item sub-item">
            <a title="PO"href="./partners/p-and-o.html">PO</a>
        </li>
        <li class="menuitem sub-item sub-item">
            <a title="Royal Caribbean"href="./partners/royal-caribbean.html">Royal Caribbean</a>
        </li>
       </ul>
      </div>
     </li>
       <li class="menuitem  toplevel-item">
       <a title="Destinations"href="./destinations.html">Destinations</a>
    </li>
    <li class="menuitem  toplevel-item">
    <a title=" Deals"href="./deals.html"> Deals</a>
  </li>
    <li class="menuitem  toplevel-item">
   <a title=" Type"href="./type.html"> Type</a>
  </li>
   <li class="menuitem  toplevel-item">
     <a title="River "href="./river-.html">River </a>
  </li>
    <li class="menuitem  toplevel-item">
     <a title="Luxury"href="./luxury.html">Luxury</a>
    </li>
     <li class="menuitem  toplevel-item">
     <a title="Contacts"href="./contacts.html">Contacts</a>
    </ul>
  </div>
  </div>
 </div>
 </nav>

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

You can create a nested array with the sub-items and iterate through it with a recursive function.
This way you can add as many sub-levels as you need.

$navItems = array(
    array(
        "slug"   => "index.php",
        "title"  => "Home"
    ),
    array(
        "slug"   => "cruise-partners.php",
        "title"  => "Cruise Partners",
         "subitems" => array(
             array(
                "slug"=>"x.html",
                "title"=>"sub-item.html"
             )
         )

    ),
    array(
        "slug"   => "destinations.php",
        "title"  => "Destinations"
    ),
    array(
        "slug"   => "cruise-deals.php",
        "title"  => "Cruise Deals"
    ),
    array(
        "slug"   => "cruise-type.php",
        "title"  => "Cruise Type",
    ),
    array(
        "slug"   => "river-cruise.php",
        "title"  => "River Cruise"
    ),
    array(
        "slug"   => "luxury.php",
        "title"  => "Luxury"
    ),
    array(
        "slug"   => "contact.php",
        "title"  => "Contacts"
    )
);


function drawMenu($items){
    echo "<ul>";
    foreach($items as $item){
        echo "<li><a href='".$item['slug']."'>".$item['title']."</a>";
        if(isset($item['subitems'])){
            echo "<ul>";
            drawMenu($item['subitems']);
            echo "</ul>";
        }
        echo "</li>";
    }
    echo "</ul>";
}

drawMenu($navItems);

Yes Ezenhis that exactly what i did. My brain just stuck before and just need the idea a clue on how to continue. I appreciate your answer — DopeAt, Apr 12 '17 at 16:36

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 12 '17 at 16:00

You'll need to restructure your array to include sub items. You can use the Short Array Syntax which I prefer when nesting a lot.

$navItems = 
[ 
    [
        'title' => 'First Option'
        'slug' => 'first-option'
        'sub' => [
                     'title' => 'First Option Sub'
                     'slug' => 'first-option-sub'
                 ],
                 [
                     'title' => 'First Option Sub 2'
                     'slug' => 'first-option-sub-2'
                 ]
    ],
    [

        'title' => 'First Option'
        'slug' => 'first-option'
        'sub' => [
                     'title' => 'First Option Sub'
                     'slug' => 'first-option-sub'
                 ]
    ]
]

When it comes to actually displaying the sub items, you'll need to loop through the $navItem array and check for the existence of 'sub'. If it exists, simply loop through it in the same manner.

I found it difficult to understand your HTML, so this may not be exactly the same structure, but it should give you the idea.

<?php foreach ($navItems as $item) { ?>

    <li class="menuitem  submenu-icon-only toplevel-item">
        <a class="active" href="/<?= $item['slug'] ?>">
            <?= $item['title'] ?>
        </a>
    </li>
    <?php if (isset($item['sub']) { ?>

          <?php foreach($item['sub'] as $subItem) { ?>

              <li class="sub-item>
                  <a href="/<? $subItem['slug'] ?>">
                      <?= $subItem['title'] ?>
                  </a>
              </li>

          <?php } ?>           
    <?php } ?>
<?php } ?>

Convert html nav menu into dynamic php

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