Re: php/css and .htaccess [SOLVED]

On 9/21/06, tedd <tedd@sperling.com> wrote:

tedd wrote:

I embedded php code inside css and changed my .htaccess to read -- <FilesMatch "\.(htm|html|css)$"> SetHandler application/x-httpd-php </FilesMatch> -- so that the css file would be processed and executed by php. The

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result was that everything worked and did what I wanted. However, FireFox / Mozillia won't accept a css file if a .htaccess

file

reads as indicated above.

Christopher Weldon answered: That shouldn't be expected. The SetHandler only applies to the Apache

handler side, as browsers should not be able to read those files

(.htaccess). So, are you 100% positive that PHP is in fact processing the file? Christopher , this is what I'm sure of: 1. My css file has php code in it. 2. Without the .htaccess as noted above, the php code is not processed. 3. With the .htaccess as above, the php code *is* processed. 4. All (most popular) browsers, except for FF/Mozillia, allow php inside of css. Please note that, Kreme and Wind (sounds like a Rock group) provided the answer, which was to add a header to the css file, like so: header('Content-Type: text/css; charset=ISO-8859-1'); So, it wasn't that the browsers were reading the .htaccess file, but rather because of the .htaccess file FireFox/Mozillia required a header in the css file just to keep things straight (my understanding). Now, this header coupled with the above .htaccess allows php code to be embedded within a css file AND work for all popular browsers, including FireFox/Mozillia. This is simply amazing, at least to me, and completes my next step toward world domination. :->. Many thanks gang for your most excellent and mondo kewl advice. tedd PS: So much talent here wasted on programming. :-) -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com

tedd, So with this approach you're able to tailor css styles for specific browsers and their particular implementations of css, rather than employ hacks directly in the css?? David