Include PHP inside CSS file without PHP extension

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I understand that I can name a file main.css.php and then set headers inside the file like so:

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

I can then dynamically set my styles and I have this working fine.

However, I would like to achieve the same effect with the name of the file simply being main.css, without exposing the PHP extension. How can I go about achieving this? The server is running Apache 2 on Ubuntu.

Current HTML: <link href="main.css.php">
Desired HTML: <link href="main.css"> (still includes PHP)

A dirty hack you could use if placing in the PHP file in main.css/index.php and then linking to the file/folder as main.css. — Streetlamp
– Streetlamp, Commented Nov 8, 2015 at 18:06
@Chris Well yes, as I said in the question I'm already generating the css via php. My question asks how to generate the css without referencing a file with the php extension... — jskidd3
– jskidd3, Commented Nov 8, 2015 at 18:08
generate the file as well... Create a new css file, write your generated css to it... — Chris
– Chris, Commented Nov 8, 2015 at 18:10
@Chris Could you please explain further what you mean by generate the file? — jskidd3
– jskidd3, Commented Nov 8, 2015 at 18:12

ŽaMan · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-08 18:39:02Z

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This is just for apache2 and php? Then one idea would be to interpret the .css as a .php which can be done by editing the .conf that includes the php extension or find this line somewhere in the config files:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

and edit to show

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .css .phtml .etc .etc

answered Nov 8, 2015 at 18:39

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Neodan · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-08 18:33:22Z

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You can use the mod_rewrite for it. Create the .htaccess file in your css directory and put this code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /your_css_dir/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L]

answered Nov 8, 2015 at 18:33

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