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Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? [message #176747 is a reply to message #176746]

Sat, 21 January 2012 20:53

Jerry Stuckle
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On 1/21/2012 2:31 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> J.O. Aho wrote:
>> Chuck Anderson wrote:
>>> Michael Fesser wrote:
>>>> .oO(Captain Paralytic)
>>>>
>>>> > On Jan 20, 10:25 am, Michael Fesser <neti...@gmx.de> wrote:
>>>> >> No. You have to explicitly send the correct header or some browsers
>>>> >> might ignore the CSS. For example
>>>> >>
>>>> >> header('Content-Type: text/css; charset=UTF-8')
>>>> > Oh OK. Any ideas which ones?
>>>>
>>>> In the past Gecko browsers (i.e. Firefox) were a bit picky about the
>>>> correct CSS content type. If the file wasn't delivered as text/css, it
>>>> was ignored.
>>>>
>>> I have successfully used:
>>> header("Content-type: text/css");
>>>
>>> After implementing a php based style sheet a couple of different
>>> times it
>>> seemed wasteful, and a bit of a kludge. If the style sheet is ultimately
>>> static, it is wasteful to keep generating one every time it is used.
>>> Now I use
>>> a php script to generate the style sheet file for me. If I want to make
>>> changes I edit the php based file (or any included definition files,
>>> e.g.,
>>> colors.php) and run it.
>>>
>>
>> I have to say it feels quite much of extra work, writing the php
>> script which generates the css, as you need to edit the php file, then
>> IMHO you can quite easily edit a css instead.
>
> I edit one php file and then simply invoke it. There is very little more
> "work."
>
> In preparation, I write a script that opens a file for writing (the css
> file) and then one long heredoc to create it's contents. This creates an
> easily reusable system for very little extra work.
>
>> I could see a bit more point of your script if you have a database as
>> a backend, where you store the values and recreate the css each time
>> the values change.
>
> It's not a database, but I include color definitions from a separate php
> file.
>

I agree with J.O. Seems overly complicated to have to edit a PHP file
which then generates the CSS. Much easier just to edit the CSS -
especially when you have syntax-sensitive editors for CSS available.

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		Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: J. Frank Parnell on Mon, 16 January 2012 21:36
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Erwin Moller on Tue, 17 January 2012 10:42
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX on Tue, 17 January 2012 12:31
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Captain Paralytic on Tue, 17 January 2012 12:32
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: J. Frank Parnell on Thu, 19 January 2012 20:45
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Captain Paralytic on Fri, 20 January 2012 10:07
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Michael Fesser on Fri, 20 January 2012 10:25
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Captain Paralytic on Fri, 20 January 2012 13:33
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Michael Fesser on Fri, 20 January 2012 14:05
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Chuck Anderson on Sat, 21 January 2012 01:50
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: J.O. Aho on Sat, 21 January 2012 07:10
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Chuck Anderson on Sat, 21 January 2012 19:31
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 21 January 2012 20:53
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Michael Fesser on Sat, 21 January 2012 21:22
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Beauregard T. Shagnas on Sat, 21 January 2012 21:37
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Michael Fesser on Sun, 22 January 2012 21:35
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 23 January 2012 00:19
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 21 January 2012 22:08
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Chuck Anderson on Sun, 22 January 2012 01:17
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 22 January 2012 04:14
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Michael Fesser on Sun, 22 January 2012 21:35
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Peter H. Coffin on Sun, 22 January 2012 23:14
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Jerry Stuckle on Mon, 23 January 2012 00:21
		Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? By: Michael Fesser on Mon, 23 January 2012 22:44

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