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Dynamically creating page names and active classes with php

For some time now I have been using the following code to dynamically write in the headers of html pages and add an active class to menu items. Is it still useful for achieving this, or are there better / smarter / optimal ways to achieve the same thing?

<?php echo (basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])=='contact.php'? 'class="active"' : '');?>

Sample menu

<ul id="nav">
<li><a href="index.php"  target="_parent" <?php echo (basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])=='index.php'? 'class="active"' : '');?>><span>Home</span></a></li>
<li><a href="services.php"  target="_parent" <?php echo (basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])=='services.php'? 'class="active"' : '');?><?php echo (basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])=='services-landlords.php'? 'class="active"' : '');?><?php echo (basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])=='services-sellers.php'? 'class="active"' : '');?><?php echo (basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])=='services-tennants.php'? 'class="active"' : '');?>><span>Our Services</span></a></li>
<li><a href="for-sale.php" target="_parent" <?php echo (basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])=='sales.php'? 'class="active"' : '');?>><span>Sales</span></a></li>
<li><a href="to-let.php" target="_parent" <?php echo (basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])=='lettings.php'? 'class="active"' : '');?>><span>Lettings</span></a></li>
<li><a href="register.php"  target="_parent" <?php echo (basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])=='register.php'? 'class="active"' : '');?><?php echo (basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])=='register-thanks.php'? 'class="active"' : '');?>><span>Register</span></a></li>
<li><a href="contact.php"  target="_parent" <?php echo (basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])=='contact.php'? 'class="active"' : '');?>><span>Contact Us</span></a></li>
</ul>

Page Title Example

<?php echo (basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])=='services.php'? 'Services' : '');?>
<?php echo (basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])=='services-landlords.php'? 'Services for Landlords' : '');?>
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you can put this in a function.

function menuIsActive ($filename)
{
    echo (basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) == $filename)
    {
        echo ' class="active" ';
    }
}


ex.

<li><a href="contact.php" target="_parent" <?php menuIsActive("contact.php"); ?>>Contact Us</a></li>
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It's not bad. I do this with a loop so there is less typing. eg:.



foreach(array($pagenames as $pagename=>$pageaddress) {
  $active= $_SERVER('SCRIPT_FILENAME'])==$pageaddress? 'class="active"' : '';
  echo <li><a href="$pageaddress"  $active target="_parent">$pagename</a></li>\n";
}
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