<div class="sidebar-menu">
  <ul class="sidebar-nav">
    <li class="icon_links">
      <a href="/home" class="links">
        <div class="icon">
          <i class="fa fa-tasks" aria-hidden="true"></i>
        </div>
        <div class="title">Dashboard</div>
      </a>
    </li>
    <li class="icon_links">
      <a href="/messaging" class="links">
        <div class="icon">
          <i class="fa fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i>
        </div>
        <div class="title">Messaging</div>
      </a>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>

$(document).ready(function() {
  var selector = '.sidebar-nav li';
  $(selector).on('click', function() {
    $(selector).removeClass('active');
    $(this).addClass('active');
  });
});

var selector = '.sidebar-nav li';
    var url = window.location.href;
    var target = url.split('/');
     $(selector).each(function(){
        if($(this).find('a').attr('href')===('/'+target[target.length-1])){
          $(selector).removeClass('active');
          $(this).removeClass('active').addClass('active');
        }
     });

$(function(){
       $("a").each(function(){
               if ($(this).attr("href") == window.location.pathname){
                       $(this).addClass("active");
               }
       });
});