get back PHP variable from php CSS file

Question

My problem is that I cannot access a PHP variable from a CSS file loaded like this from index.php:

<link href="css/style.php" rel="stylesheet">

In the style.php file, I have this:

<?php header("Content-type: text/css; charset: UTF-8");

$myClassName = 'myClass'; ?>

.<?= $myClassName?> {
    font-weight: bold;
}

in my index.php I have this:

<span class='<?= $myClassName?>'>this is a text</span>

But $myClassName return an empty string like it doesn exists...it does mean that I cannot access the PHP variable like this....is there someone have maybe a trick..?

I really need to set the css classnames with PHP variables from the css file and be able to get them back to my index.php

To be able to use PHP-variables in other files, you need to use include, require or require_once. Putting it like you do in the style, it will be a separate request to the server and there off totally sandboxed from each other. — M. Eriksson
– M. Eriksson, Commented Feb 15, 2017 at 6:39
why you don't use include('css/style.php') some thing like that — Ehsan Ilahi
– Ehsan Ilahi, Commented Feb 15, 2017 at 6:46

user6288471 · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-15 06:39:06Z

1

Under the header, do $css = $_GET['css']; or replace it with wherever you are initializing the variable from.For example:

<?php 
    header('Content-Type: text/css'); 
    $css = $_GET['css']; 
?>
body {
    <?= $css ?>border-radius: 3px
}

answered Feb 15, 2017 at 6:39

user6288471

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Jacky A. Over a year ago

No, I don't want to pass those data through GET or POST variables.

M. Eriksson Over a year ago

@user7566909 "I don't want to..."... could you elaborate on why not?

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