Use of CSS within PHP

CutAndPaste · #1 (**permalink**) 07-11-05, 05:24 AM

Can anyone tell me the proper way to put in CSS info into a php echo? Not sure if this should go here or in CSS forum so please move if wrong.

I've got a little php expanding menu system which the links below are part of.

My CSS (part of)

PHP Code:


			
a:link,a:active,a:visited { color : #000000; }

a:hover        { text-decoration: underline; color : #757978; }

hr    { height: 0px; border: solid #D1D7DC 0px; border-top-width: 1px;}



.leftnavlv1 {

    FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none

}

.leftnavlv1:hover {

    TEXT-DECORATION: underline

The code below is picking up the plain page link style and shows an underline on the link:

PHP Code:


			
echo '<a href=\"mypage.php?cpane=menu1\">Item 1</a>"';

BUT it mangles the URL which shows as:

Quote:

mydomain.com/\"mypage.php?cpane=menu1\"

The code below is picking up the leftnavlv1 style BUT is showing it with an underline all the time. The leftnavlv1 style does not show an underline elsewhere on the page, only when used as above.

PHP Code:


			
echo '<br><span class="leftnavlv1">',"<a href=\"mypage.php?cpane=menu1\">Item 1</a>",'</span>';

Elsewhere on the page I've got:

Code:

<a href="mypage.php" class="leftnavlv1">Home</a>

which works fine and picks up the CSS style properly.

What am I doing wrong?

thanks.

Lafa · #2 (**permalink**) 07-11-05, 05:33 AM

first when you use the singel quatation mark ' ' you dont need to use backslashes. you just writeit like this:

PHP Code:


			
echo '<a href="mypage.php?cpane=menu1">Item 1</a>"';

so for the second link i dont see why you do this:

PHP Code:


			
<span class="leftnavlv1">',"<a

with the singlequatation and then a comma and then a duble quotation mark.
this here should work:

PHP Code:


			
echo '<br><span class="leftnavlv1"><a href=\mypage.php?cpane=menu1">Item 1</a></span>';

CutAndPaste · #3 (**permalink**) 07-11-05, 05:51 AM

Lafa,
tx for the reply,

Unfortunately your suggested code still mangles the URL and the CSS is not picking up the style properly- it's bold but still underlined (should be bold and not underlined).

In case it has any bearing on the situation, this is the code in the menu I created. There is an include in mypage.php

PHP Code:


			
<?php

if(isset($_GET['cpane'])){

   switch($_GET['cpane']){

            

   case 'calendar':

     include("includes/menu1.inc");

     break;

     

    case 'calendar-item1':

     include("includes/menu2.inc");

     break;

     

        }//end switch

            }else{ // end if for cpane set

               include("includes/homepage.inc");

    } // end else for cpane set

?>

Menu System

PHP Code:


			
echo '<a href=\"mypage.php?cpane=calendar\">Calendar</a>';

          echo '<br><span class="leftnavlv1">',"<a href=\"mypage.php?cpane=calendar\"></a>",'</span>';

              echo '<br><span class="leftnavlv1"><a href=\mypage.php?cpane=calendar">Item 1</a></span>'; 

            if(isset($_GET['cpane']) && preg_match('/^calendar/',$_GET['cpane']) ){

            //Show sub menu

            echo '<span class="leftnavlv1"><br><img src="images/bullet.gif" width="6" height="11">',"<a href=\"mypage.php?cpane=calendar-item1\">Item1</a>",'</span>';

thanks.

Lafa · #4 (**permalink**) 07-11-05, 06:05 AM

does the CSS work in any way? i had problem if i used the

PHP Code:


			
echo '<head><link rel="css.css" type="text/css"></head>';

try using something like this:

PHP Code:


			
echo '<head><style type="text/css">' . include('css.css') . '</style></head>';

Lafa · #5 (**permalink**) 07-11-05, 06:07 AM

and also

PHP Code:


			
 a:link,a:active,a:visited { color : #000000; }

a:hover        { text-decoration: underline; color : #757978; }

hr    { height: 0px; border: solid #D1D7DC 0px; border-top-width: 1px;}



.leftnavlv1 {

    FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none

}

.leftnavlv1:hover {

    TEXT-DECORATION: underline

last lines states that it is underline, but if you want it right try a ';' and a '}' at the end to.

CutAndPaste · #6 (**permalink**) 07-11-05, 07:27 AM

thanks,

The problem is NOT that the CSS is not appearing at all, but that it is not displaying consistently.

I'm just trying to get a style that displays ok on the rest of the page to display in the same way from inside a php echo.

I can get it LOOK nearly OK (though still with the unwanted underline text decoration), BUT it then mangles the php code for the link URL.