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[eluser]soupdragon[/eluser]
I am sure this has been asked before but i have failed to find the answer

i have a side navi which i include as a view all over the place.
in it obviously lots of this sort of thing

<?=anchor('start/help', 'Hilfe', 'onfocus="blur()"');?>

i have in the controllers a $data['page] so know where i am but
how can i easily highlight which navi point i am on ?


so far i have come up with this
<li>&lt;?=($page == 'help') ? '<b>' : '';?&gt;&lt;?=anchor('start/help', 'Hilfe', 'onfocus="blur()"');?&gt;&lt;?=($page == 'help') ? '</b>' : '';?&gt;</li>

but to be honest thats more code than if i just hard coded the link :-P