using php to serve CSS files

Question

Is this a good idea to serve a css file by php ?

Actually I have a large CSS file which include all media query so I thought to serve only selected section based on the argument passed to the php page Eg In my original php page I will do like this

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css.php?<?= "theam=".$theam ."&screen=".$screen ?>"/>

and in the css.php file I will check the condition to give response with only required css is this the correct Way ?

Mihai Iorga · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-19 12:31:32Z

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Yes, it's ok as long as you add headers:

header('Content-type: text/css');

And make sure you check the $_GET for correct values

Another suggestion is changing the url to some nicer ones with rewrite:

RewriteRule ^css-(.*)-(.*)\.css$  /css.php?theam=$1&screen=$2

answered Sep 19, 2012 at 12:31

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GajendraSinghParihar Over a year ago

yes i know that but is it a correct way of doing it don't you think it will increase the response time for the css resource

Mihai Iorga Over a year ago

Maybe by few microseconds until the script is executed, but that is not a problem. There is also a response time for fetching a single css. And it's WAY better if you don't include all css.

Laurent Bourgault-Roy Over a year ago

Concerning response time : you should probably use client side caching so that browsers only download each variation once sitepoint.com/caching-php-performance

GajendraSinghParihar Over a year ago

thanks may be that few microseconds doesn't slow down the site as much as than loading time for the extra content

Mihai Iorga Over a year ago

Exactly what I said, it's the best way in my opinion.

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