CSS containing PHP not displaying when editing locally

Hello,

I'm having trouble getting DW to 'see' my CSS styles. This is because my
'CSS' file is actually a PHP program that outputs CSS.

So, in my css.php program, I have at the top:
<?php
header("Content-type: text/css");

...and then the CSS definitions underneath.

I reference it with:
<link href="../css/css.php" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

It works fine on the server, but of course I can't see the styles when editing
the HTML in DW, because it's seeing the raw php file instead of the
output of that PHP file.

I've considered installing PHP locally to see if that solves the problem, but
does anybody here have any other ideas, or has anybody already solved this
problem?

Many thanks.

Kind regards,

Nick

Due to the nature of PHP you would need to install PHP server and set up a
testing enviroment in Dreamweaver.

Here ia an FREE installer that installs MYSQL, PHP, APACHE, etc.
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

Shane

Hi Shane,

Would the testing environment enable me to see the CSS styles in the editing window, or would they only show up on the locally-installed web server?

Kind regards,

Nick

They would only show up if you served the page, I believe.

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"nheaps" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Hi Shane,

Would the testing environment enable me to see the CSS styles in the
editing window, or would they only show up on the locally-installed web
server?

Kind regards,

Nick

live view would work, shouldn't it?

"Murray *ACE*" <forums (AT) HAHAgreat-web-sights (DOT) com> wrote

They would only show up if you served the page, I believe.

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"nheaps" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote in message
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Hi Shane,

Would the testing environment enable me to see the CSS styles in the
editing window, or would they only show up on the locally-installed web
server?

Kind regards,

Nick

I don't know - it might.

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"crash" <crash (AT) bcdcdigital (DOT) com> wrote

live view would work, shouldn't it?

"Murray *ACE*" <forums (AT) HAHAgreat-web-sights (DOT) com> wrote in message
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They would only show up if you served the page, I believe.

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"nheaps" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote in message
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Hi Shane,

Would the testing environment enable me to see the CSS styles in the
editing window, or would they only show up on the locally-installed web
server?

Kind regards,

Nick

Well if you can't get it working in the UI, you may want to investigate design time style sheets as a workaround.