Navigation Function (in PHP and ASP)

In the websites I build, I often use a function to do navigation that "toggles" based on where we are in the site. These are those functions, in two languages: PHP and ASP.

ASP Source Code

<%
REM --------------------------------
function navToggleState(my_url, title, linktext, my_class)
   REQUEST_URI = Request.ServerVariables("SCRIPT_NAME")
   theRequest = REQUEST_URI
   theLink = my_url
  
   firstTwoCharsRequest = Mid(theLink,7,2)
   firstTwoCharsLink = Mid(theRequest,7,2)
  
   If (REQUEST_URI = theLink) Then
      RESPONSE.WRITE "<span class=""" & my_class & """ title=""" & title & "- YOU ARE HERE."">" & linktext & "</span>"
   Elseif (firstTwoCharsLink=firstTwoCharsRequest) then
      RESPONSE.WRITE "<a href=""" & my_url & """ title=""" & title & """ class=""" & my_class & "Active"">" & linktext & "</a>"
   Else  
      RESPONSE.WRITE "<a href=""" & my_url & """ title=""" & title & """ class=""" & my_class & """>" & linktext & "</a>"
   End If
End Function
REM --------------------------------
REM usage:
REM navToggleState("/", "The WebSanDiego.org Home Page", "WebSanDiego", "nav");
REM results in
REM <span class="nav" title="The WebSanDiego.org Home Page- YOU ARE HERE">WebSanDiego</span>
REM or
REM <a href="/" class="nav" title="The WebSanDiego.org Home Page">WebSanDiego</a>
REM --------------------------------
%>

PHP Source Code

<?php
// --------------------------------
function navToggleState($my_url, $title, $linktext, $my_class) {
   global $REQUEST_URI;
   $theRequest = $REQUEST_URI;
   $theLink = $my_url;
  
   $firstTwoCharsRequest = substr($theLink,6,2);
   $firstTwoCharsLink = substr($theRequest,6,2);
  
   if ($REQUEST_URI == $theLink) {
      echo "<span class=\"$my_class\" title=\"$title - YOU ARE HERE.\">" . $linktext . "</span>";
   } else if ($firstTwoCharsLink==$firstTwoCharsRequest) {
      echo "<a href=\"$my_url\" title=\"$title\" class=\"$my_class" . "Active" . "\">$linktext</a>";
   } else { 
      echo "<a href=\"$my_url\" title=\"$title\" class=\"$my_class\">$linktext</a>";
   } 

};
// --------------------------------
// usage:
// navToggleState("/", "The WebSanDiego.org Home Page", "WebSanDiego", "nav");
// results in
// <span class="nav" title="The WebSanDiego.org Home Page- YOU ARE HERE">WebSanDiego</span>
// or
// <a href="/" class="nav" title="The WebSanDiego.org Home Page">WebSanDiego</a>
// --------------------------------
?>