function menu_set_active_item

Sets the path of the active menu item.

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File

includes/menu.inc, line 367

API for the Drupal menu system.

Code

function menu_set_active_item($path = NULL) {
  static $stored_mid;
  $menu = menu_get_menu();
  if (is_null($stored_mid) || !empty($path)) {
    if (empty($path)) {
      $path = $_GET['q'];
    }
    else {
      $_GET['q'] = $path;
    }
    while ($path && !array_key_exists($path, $menu['path index'])) {
      $path = substr($path, 0, strrpos($path, '/'));
    }
    $stored_mid = array_key_exists($path, $menu['path index']) ? $menu['path index'][$path] : 0;

    // Search for default local tasks to activate instead of this item.
    $continue = TRUE;
    while ($continue) {
      $continue = FALSE;
      if (array_key_exists('children', $menu['items'][$stored_mid])) {
        foreach ($menu['items'][$stored_mid]['children'] as $cid) {
          if ($menu['items'][$cid]['type'] & MENU_LINKS_TO_PARENT) {
            $stored_mid = $cid;
            $continue = TRUE;
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
  return $stored_mid;
}