Setting active class on menu link items

Question

I have a problem with setting an active class to the menu. Here is my code:

<ul class="main-nav nav navbar-nav">
    <li class="<?= (basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] == 'index.php') ? 'active' : ''; ?> "><a href="index.php">Эхлэл</a></li>
    <li class="<?= (basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] == 'product.php') ? 'active' : ''; ?> "><a href="product.php">Бүтээгдэхүүн</a></li>
    <li class="<?= (basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] == 'about.php') ? 'active' : ''; ?> "><a href="about.php">Бидний тухай</a></li>
    <li class="<?= (basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] == 'contact.php') ? 'active' : ''; ?> "><a href="contact.php">Холбоо барих</a></li>
</ul>

And result is:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ';' in E:\xampp\htdocs\tgnm\header.php on line 131

What am i doing wrong ? and this code will be work ?

You need to add the close ")" bracket here. http://prntscr.com/q3r9f9 — Bhavin Thummar, Nov 29 '19 at 09:57
For that, you have to echo the value of "$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']" and let me what value is returned? — Bhavin Thummar, Nov 29 '19 at 10:02
Now i understand if is it on remote server it should be works fine cause my server now `http://localhost:81/tgnm/about.php` something that didn't work xD — batgerel.e, Nov 29 '19 at 10:05

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 29 '19 at 10:04

Sorry, You have to complete bracket add to before "==" this location. Please update the below code.

                <ul class="main-nav nav navbar-nav">
                    <li class="<?= (basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) == 'index.php') ? 'active' : ''; ?> "><a href="index.php">Эхлэл</a></li>
                    <li class="<?= (basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) == 'product.php') ? 'active' : ''; ?> "><a href="product.php">Бүтээгдэхүүн</a></li>
                    <li class="<?= (basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) == 'about.php') ? 'active' : ''; ?> "><a href="about.php">Бидний тухай</a></li>
                    <li class="<?= (basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) == 'contact.php') ? 'active' : ''; ?> "><a href="contact.php">Холбоо барих</a></li>
                </ul>

For your information, if you want to check php syntax error. You can use this online tool. https://phpcodechecker.com/ — Bhavin Thummar, Nov 29 '19 at 10:09
Please don't answer questions where the solution is "Fix the typo". This type of question has no long term value since other people with the same problem are not going to find this by searching. "Typo" is one of the standard Close Vote reasons. Answering this type of question can block the OP from deleting it to remove bloat from StackOverflow. — John Conde, Nov 29 '19 at 13:46

Setting active class on menu link items

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