echo '<ul class="nav">'; //opens the top-level menu
 
foreach ($navItems as $ni) {
 
   $image = $ni->cObj->getAttribute('nav_item_image');
       if ($image){$image_url = $image->getURL();}
       else {$image_url = 'noimage.jpg';}
   }
 
   echo '<li class="' . $ni->classes . '"><img src="' . $image_url . '" class="nav_icon" />'; //opens a nav item
 
   if ($ni->isEnabled) {
      echo '<a href="' . $ni->url . '" target="' . $ni->target . '" class="' . $ni->classes . '">' . $ni->name . '<i class="fa ' . $ni->attrClass . '"></i></a>';
   } else {
      echo '<span class="' . $ni->classes . '">' . $ni->name . '</span>';
   }
 
   if ($ni->hasSubmenu) {
      echo '<ul>'; //opens a dropdown sub-menu
   } else {
      echo '</li>'; //closes a nav item
      echo str_repeat('</ul></li>', $ni->subDepth); //closes dropdown sub-menu(s) and their top-level nav item(s)
   }
}
 
echo '</ul>'; //closes the top-level menu