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Re: Parsing .css files with php: Cons? [message #176753 is a reply to message #176751]

Sun, 22 January 2012 04:14

Jerry Stuckle
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On 1/21/2012 8:17 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> On 1/21/2012 4:22 PM, Michael Fesser wrote:
>>> .oO(Jerry Stuckle)
>>>
>>>> On 1/21/2012 2:31 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote:
>>>> > J.O. Aho wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 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."
>>>> >
>>>> > [...]
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> The whole point of using PHP for creating the CSS is to avoid having to
>>> edit a dozen places in the CSS to change some color for example. Instead
>>> you make use of PHP and variables. Much simpler.
>>>
>>> And if you still want a "static" CSS for performance reasons, you have
>>> to preprocess it. Calling a script for doing this is not much work.
>>> Dependent on the used IDE this could even be automated in the build and
>>> upload process.
>>>
>>> Micha
>>>
>>
>> Create your .css properly and you don't need to do that.
>>
>
> I use my css generating file, which I would hardly call a script (fopen,
> fwrite, fclose), as a template for whatever miscellaneous project I end
> up working on. I write lots of browser based web apps and this makes for
> a real shortcut, as all I have to do is plug in some basic colors and I
> get a style sheet with all the selectors I'm used to having available in
> whatever color scheme I choose. At any time during or after development
> I can stop using the script and just edit the style sheet directly - but
> as long as I'm fiddling with colors I leave it dynamic.
>
> It seems an unnecessary waste of server resources to keep calling the
> php preprocesssor every time a page loads the .php style sheet. And it
> also seems like using a header of Content-type: text/css for a php file
> is a bit of a kludge.
>
> But, to each their own - and for their own purposes. My method works
> great for my needs.
>

I have a template css file I just edit as required. Actually, I have
several, with different options.

When I need a new style sheet, I just pick the closest template to what
I want, modify it and try it out. I even keep a copy open in an editor
on my development system - that way when I want to try something
different, make a change and save it. The change is immediately available.

The only thing I use PHP for is to determine which template to load for
a user if I have different themes available on the website.

And a content-type header is needed for any file that's not html.
That's just normal operation (in any language).

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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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