Active Menu with PHP
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4221333/get-the-current-script-file-name
<?php
basename($_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"] ) // user.php
basename($_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"], '.php') // user , not user.php
?>
<li>
<a class="menu <?php if (basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ) == 'sponsor.php') echo ' active_menu'; ?>" href="sponsor.php">
<i class="fa fa-user-secret"></i> <span>Sponsors</span>
</a>
</li>
CSS:
.active_menu{
background-color:#222222;
}