"YouTube-style" Tabbed Menu w/ Sublinks?

[Eufonik]

Hey TheScripts,

I am new to the forum. Thanks for taking the time to read my first post!

Anyway, I'm pretty fluent in XHTML and CSS. However, when it comes to PHP, I'm a n00b for sure.

I'm working on a site that needs a tabbed interface with sublinks (similar to YouTube). See below:



I think the code I'm looking for would be something like,

if currentPage = blah, then include xxx.php. Seems like a simple conditional include?

Is this the correct way to implement this, or is there a simpler way? Basically, the system needs to be smart enough to know that "sublink X means stay on main tab X." Kind of a Parent --> Child deal...

Thanks in advance...

[Eufonik]

Anybody have an idea?

[ronverdonk]

There are solutions available that are almost entirely made up of HTML and CSS. Have a look at the site of CSS guru Stuart Nicholls. It will show you dozens of examples for menus. Look at Stu Nicholls Menu demos

Ronald :cool:

[darkdirk1]

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex17/ajaxtabscontent/

The new norm....

gee no php required.
If you are dying to use php for some reason within your interface logic - drive the links with GET vars and use a switch case to choose the include statement.
That's the standard.

[Eufonik]

Thanks, guys. I've looked at the CSS Play site before and AListApart.com' s Sliding Doors. However, I'm looking for something that is a little more static and that will alow me to designate which tab is active.

I'll do some research on PHP's GET function.