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help with making css/html code be a variable

Mar 24th, 2009

I tried doing this, and it didnt work. Im goign to identify the $css in the else of an if else statement; so when its else, it willl turn the web page that color, but i cant figure out how to acomplish it.

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$css = "<style type="text/css">
body {
background -color: #ffoocc;
}";
$css = "<style type="text/css">
body {
background -color: #ffoocc;
}";

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Re: help with making css/html code be a variable

Mar 24th, 2009

you need to escape the " in the css/html. example:

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$css = "<style type="text/css">
body {
background -color: #ffoocc;
}";
$css = "<style type="text/css">
body {
background -color: #ffoocc;
}";

should be

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$css = "<style type=\"text/css\">
body {
background -color: #ffoocc;
}";
$css = "<style type=\"text/css\">
body {
background -color: #ffoocc;
}";

You could also use the heredoc syntax

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$css =<<<CSS
<style type="text/css">
body {
background -color: #ffoocc;
}
CSS;
$css =<<<CSS
<style type="text/css">
body {
background -color: #ffoocc;
}
CSS;

there can be NO whitespace in front of CSS;

Last edited by kkeith29; Mar 24th, 2009 at 5:00 pm.

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Re: help with making css/html code be a variable

Mar 24th, 2009

ok cool that worked but it didnt execute that css code it just came up as $css and i tried it with " " and ' ' didnt make a defrence then i tried just putting $css in the else statement didnt work here is my hole coding

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<DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML
1.0 Transitional//EN" 
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/
xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="en" lng="en">
<head>
 
<title> php is cool </title>
</head>
<body>
 
<?php
 
$pizza = $_POST['pizza'];
$taco = $_POST['taco'];
 
$css = '<style type=\"text/css\">
body {
background -color: #ffoocc;
}";$css = "<style type=\"text/css\">
body {
background -color: #ffoocc;
}';
 
 
 
if ( $pizza > $taco ) { print '<p> pizza is greater </p>';}
else {  print '<p> taco is greater </p> $css';}
 
?>
 
</body>
</html>
<DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML
1.0 Transitional//EN" 
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/
xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="en" lng="en">
<head>

<title> php is cool </title>
</head>
<body>

<?php

$pizza = $_POST['pizza'];
$taco = $_POST['taco'];

$css = '<style type=\"text/css\">
body {
background -color: #ffoocc;
}";$css = "<style type=\"text/css\">
body {
background -color: #ffoocc;
}';



if ( $pizza > $taco ) { print '<p> pizza is greater </p>';}
else {  print '<p> taco is greater </p> $css';}

?>

</body>
</html>

html code

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<DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML
1.0 Transitional//EN" 
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/
xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="en" lng="en">
<head>
 
<title> testing </title>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<form action= "test3.php" method = "post">
<p>
<h1> this form will tell you witch is greater based on what number you put in</h1>
enter a number for pizza <input type="text" name="pizza">
enter a number for taco <input type="text" name="taco">
click enter when your satisfied
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" />
 
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
<DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML
1.0 Transitional//EN" 
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/
xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="en" lng="en">
<head>

<title> testing </title>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<form action= "test3.php" method = "post">
<p>
<h1> this form will tell you witch is greater based on what number you put in</h1>
enter a number for pizza <input type="text" name="pizza">
enter a number for taco <input type="text" name="taco">
click enter when your satisfied
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" />

</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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Re: help with making css/html code be a variable

Mar 24th, 2009

you can't use variables in string using single quotes. you have to use double quotes.
ex.

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else {  print '<p> taco is greater </p> $css';}
else {  print '<p> taco is greater </p> $css';}

should be

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else {  print "<p> taco is greater </p> {$css}";}
else {  print "<p> taco is greater </p> {$css}";}

or use concatenation (don't know how its spelled)

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else {  print '<p> taco is greater </p> '.$css;}
else {  print '<p> taco is greater </p> '.$css;}

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Re: help with making css/html code be a variable

Mar 24th, 2009

k still didnt turn the background to #ffoocc

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Re: help with making css/html code be a variable

Mar 24th, 2009

in the css, there is no space between background and -color

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Re: help with making css/html code be a variable

Mar 24th, 2009

tecknikly actually there is a space before and after the "-" i just messed up a bit ll didnt fix it though im preaty shure that santax errors arnt causing the problem

Last edited by grunge man; Mar 24th, 2009 at 5:51 pm.

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Re: help with making css/html code be a variable

Mar 24th, 2009

try this, i fixed the errors.

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<DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="en" lng="en">
<head>
<title> php is cool </title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
 
$pizza = $_POST['pizza'];
$taco = $_POST['taco'];
 
$css = '<style type="text/css">
body {
background-color: #ffoocc !important;
}';
 
if ( $pizza > $taco ) {
    echo '<p> pizza is greater </p>';
}
else {
    echo "<p> taco is greater </p> {$css}";
}
 
?>
</body>
</html>
<DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="en" lng="en">
<head>
<title> php is cool </title>
</head>
<body>
<?php

$pizza = $_POST['pizza'];
$taco = $_POST['taco'];

$css = '<style type="text/css">
body {
background-color: #ffoocc !important;
}';

if ( $pizza > $taco ) {
    echo '<p> pizza is greater </p>';
}
else {
    echo "<p> taco is greater </p> {$css}";
}

?>
</body>
</html>

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Re: help with making css/html code be a variable

Mar 24th, 2009

where did you learn that there is a space? according to many sites, there isn't suppose to be.

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Re: help with making css/html code be a variable

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Mar 24th, 2009

nope

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