What are common pitfalls when creating a navigation bar in PHP scripts?

One common pitfall when creating a navigation bar in PHP scripts is not properly highlighting the active page. To solve this issue, you can add a conditional statement to check if the current page matches the navigation link, and then apply a CSS class to highlight it.

&lt;?php
$current_page = basename($_SERVER[&#039;PHP_SELF&#039;]);
?&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li &lt;?php if($current_page == &#039;index.php&#039;) echo &#039;class=&quot;active&quot;&#039;; ?&gt;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;index.php&quot;&gt;Home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li &lt;?php if($current_page == &#039;about.php&#039;) echo &#039;class=&quot;active&quot;&#039;; ?&gt;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;about.php&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li &lt;?php if($current_page == &#039;services.php&#039;) echo &#039;class=&quot;active&quot;&#039;; ?&gt;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;services.php&quot;&gt;Services&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li &lt;?php if($current_page == &#039;contact.php&#039;) echo &#039;class=&quot;active&quot;&#039;; ?&gt;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;contact.php&quot;&gt;Contact&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

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What are common pitfalls when creating a navigation bar in PHP scripts?

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