Re: php/css and .htaccess [SOLVED]

tedd wrote: > > At 10:37 AM -0500 9/21/06, David Giragosian wrote: >>On 9/21/06, tedd >><<mailto:tedd@sperling.com>tedd@sperling.com> wrote: >>-snip- >> >>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. >>-snip- >> >>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: > > Yes, plus much more. This is similar to getting php/html to play nice > together. > > What I've discovered here (if no one has considered this before, > which I would think is highly doubtful) is a way to embed php code > within css (like html) to do anything you want. > > You see, my chief complaint with css over the years has been its lack > of variables. Many in the css camp say that the lack of variables is > a feature and not a drawback -- and I understand them not wanting the > unclean masses to contaminate their pure language. But, not knowing > any better, I've always wanted to use variables in css. > > A few years back, I published my limited version of how to use > variables in css: > > http://www.sperling.com/examples/pcss/ > > But for most, it was too problematic to implement and had limited scope. > > However, what I've discovered here is that by adding the proper > .htaccess file and the addition of a header in the css file, you can > do anything you want from within a css file -- which includes adding > variables, adding "includes", performing computations, browser > sniffing, and I think anything else you can do in php. The extent > could be as unlimited as php/html -- I don't know the full extent. > > As far as I'm concerned, this is a significant discovery for me -- > I'm always trying to get different languages to work together. > However, to others, perhaps this technique has been obvious or too > trivial to mention. I don't know, but I haven't found any references > that address this technique. > > To the gang -- is this something new, or am I getting excited over > nothing? > > In any event, I'll be adding "how to do it" to my web site so I can > lead others astray. :-) > > Thanks. > > tedd > > -- > ------- > http://sperling.com > http://ancientstones.com > http://earthstones.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > full ack, you only have to make sure that zlib.output_compression is off (at least in that folder), if you want IE6 users to be able to read the css content ! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/php-css-and-.htaccess-tf2308435.html#a6465094 Sent from the PHP - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.