What are some alternative methods or technologies that can be used to create complex navigation menus with PHP?

Creating complex navigation menus with PHP can be challenging due to the need for dynamic content and nested structures. One way to address this is by using arrays to store the menu items and their corresponding attributes, allowing for easier manipulation and rendering of the menu.

$menuItems = array(
    &#039;Home&#039; =&gt; array(
        &#039;url&#039; =&gt; &#039;index.php&#039;,
        &#039;children&#039; =&gt; array(
            &#039;About Us&#039; =&gt; &#039;about.php&#039;,
            &#039;Contact Us&#039; =&gt; &#039;contact.php&#039;
        )
    ),
    &#039;Products&#039; =&gt; array(
        &#039;url&#039; =&gt; &#039;products.php&#039;,
        &#039;children&#039; =&gt; array(
            &#039;Product 1&#039; =&gt; &#039;product1.php&#039;,
            &#039;Product 2&#039; =&gt; &#039;product2.php&#039;
        )
    ),
);

function buildMenu($items) {
    $menu = &#039;&lt;ul&gt;&#039;;
    foreach ($items as $label =&gt; $item) {
        $menu .= &#039;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;&#039; . $item[&#039;url&#039;] . &#039;&quot;&gt;&#039; . $label . &#039;&lt;/a&gt;&#039;;
        if (isset($item[&#039;children&#039;])) {
            $menu .= buildMenu($item[&#039;children&#039;]);
        }
        $menu .= &#039;&lt;/li&gt;&#039;;
    }
    $menu .= &#039;&lt;/ul&gt;&#039;;
    return $menu;
}

echo buildMenu($menuItems);

What are some alternative methods or technologies that can be used to create complex navigation menus with PHP?

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