How to get current-menu-item title as variable?

Is possible to get current-menu-item as a php variable?

I’m listing the category museums via the menu item ‘museums we support’ so i’d like the get ‘museums we support’ bit and display it somewhere?

Any help appreciated!

This is possible by filtering wp_nav_menu_objects, which is the easiest place to check which item is the current menu item, because WordPress already added the classes for you.

add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_objects', 'wpse16243_wp_nav_menu_objects' );
function wpse16243_wp_nav_menu_objects( $sorted_menu_items )
{
    foreach ( $sorted_menu_items as $menu_item ) {
        if ( $menu_item->current ) {
            $GLOBALS['wpse16243_title'] = $menu_item->title;
            break;
        }
    }
    return $sorted_menu_items;
}

You can now use this new global variable instead of the normal title. Simple example:

add_filter( 'single_cat_title', 'wpse16243_single_cat_title' );
function wpse16243_single_cat_title( $cat_title )
{
    if ( isset( $GLOBALS['wpse16243_title'] ) ) {
        return $GLOBALS['wpse16243_title'];
    }
    return $cat_title;
}

Of course, this only works if you display the menu before you display the title. If you need it earlier (maybe in the <title> element?), you should first render the menu and then display it later.