Generating CSS stylesheet with PHP creates parse error

Question

I am currently on Wordpress 4.1 and want to make variable css values, which get generated via PHP. First I created a file named styling.php that I imported in the default Wordpress stylesheet style.css using @import url(../genesis/style.css);

Then I added a simple code into the styling.php, where the content is as follows:

   <?php 
    header("Content-type: text/css; charset: UTF-8");
    $TopColor = #FFE211;
    ?>

    .site-header {
    background-color: <?php echo $TopColor; ?>;
    }

But this give me the debugging error "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '?>' in line 4" and I do not know how to fix this

wait, what? Yeah, what everyone else said, you need to quote your $TopColor value. — Justin E
– Justin E, Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 19:47
I guess those are your css code.So you need them inside style tag otherwise it will not work and will output them as plain text at your browser — Shaiful Islam
– Shaiful Islam, Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 19:50

Marc B · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-05 19:46:57Z

4

You forgot to quote your color:

$TopColor = #FFE211;
            ^------^

Since it starts with #, it's treated as a comment, and the rest of the line is ignored. That means you've effectively got

$TopColor = ?>

and are missing the assignment value.

Try

$TopColor = '#FFE211';

answered Jan 5, 2015 at 19:46

Marc B

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