<div id="nav"> <nav> <?php $links = [ ["/", "Home"], ["/about", "About"] ]; $path = parse_url("http://test" . $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"])["path"]; foreach ($links as $link) { $is_selected = $link[0] == $path || $link[0] == rtrim($path, '/'); echo $is_selected ? "<span class='container js-link nav-button nav-button-selected'>$link[1]</span>" : "<a href='$link[0]' class='container js-link nav-button nav-button-not-selected'>$link[1]</a>"; } ?> </nav> </div>