So you made the step and refactored the code from multiple files into one file. Now go a step further and look how often your wrote the same code in menu.php.

1. DRY up your code (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_repeat_yourself)
2. Then move your logic out of the presentation code.

I do not understand why you say it’s this the hard way. I applied this idea on a site and it seems easier to have just one menu.php file with that code or include it in the header file.

It’s so easy that even my client can update the menu all by himself by editing just ONE file instead of X files.

If you have another solution, please share it with us.

Thank you,

Sorry, but your way is the hard way. Look how often you copied the same code. Further you do not seperate logic with view code, which eventually become a maintainance nightmare…

You are on the right way, though. “Don’t repeat yourself” is not only valid for CSS/HTML Code, especially you have to apply it to your PHP code.