CSS Style switching using PHP

[Gretsch]

After lots of problems trying to allow the visitor to switch styles using Javascript - but encountering browser incompatabiliti es!!
I decided to use PHP and found a simple way of doing it here:
http://www.geek-notes.com/css/23/cascading-style-sheet-switcher/

But it's not quite working ... could someone help me with the syntax please

It consists of 4 parts:
1 -

<link href=”/path/<?php echo $style ?>.css” rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” />

2 - [ note - I changed on the 1st line their "<php" to "<?php" ]
[PHP]<php
if(isset($_COOK IE[’style’])){
$style=$_COOKIE[’style’];
} else {
$style=’default ’; //the name of default style file
}
?>[/PHP]
3 - [ A file called 'switch.php' consiting of the following: ]
[PHP]<?php setcookie(”styl e”, $_GET[”style”], time()+31536000 );
header(”Locatio n:”.$HTTP_SERVE R_VARS[”HTTP_REFERER”]);
?>[/PHP]
4 - [ and in the body: ]
[HTML]<a href=”/switch.php?styl e=default”>View page with Default style!</a>
<a href=”/switch.php?styl e=alternate”>Vi ew page with Alternate style!</a>[/HTML]
I named my 2 css files 'default.css' and 'alternate.css' and they are in the root directory.

When I click to select the default I get a 404 looking for:
http://test.domain.com/”switch.php?sty le=pp_style_tes t”
ie with quotes included around the argument ! (Nb - I've removed above the client's real domain name to protect the innocent ;-)

I also notice (when viewing the source) that the link has been passed by php as:
<link href=”’default’ .css” rel=”stylesheet ” type=”text/css” />
ie with single quotes around the default.

Can someone tell me where I/Geek_notes have gone wrong - thanks

[Markus]

Whoever wrote that has used some strange single quotes which aren't recognised as a string by php.. they look like back-quote type things.

Change them to single quotes.. i.e every quote in you if/else statement.

[Gretsch]

Whoever wrote that has used some strange single quotes which aren't recognised as a string by php.. they look like back-quote type things.

Change them to single quotes.. i.e every quote in you if/else statement.

Thanks, there's no way I would have known/spotted this.

I changed them in the if/else statement and got the following error msg:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected ':' in /web/sites/user/7/243/65335/public/test/switch.php on line 2


In case it makes any difference, I'm testing in a "Test" domain, rather than the "www" domain the full domain is "test.domain.co m".

Any ideas what's wrong?

[Markus]

[php]
<?php setcookie("styl e", $_GET["style"], time()+31536000 );
header("Locatio n: ".$HTTP_SERVER_ VARS['HTTP_REFERER']);
?>
[/php]
Changed those strange looking quotes to ones that work!

I'd check all code you use from that site.. those quotes will just drive you mad!

:)

[Gretsch]

[php]
<?php setcookie("styl e", $_GET["style"], time()+31536000 );
header("Locatio n: ".$HTTP_SERVER_ VARS['HTTP_REFERER']);
?>
[/php]
Changed those strange looking quotes to ones that work!

I'd check all code you use from that site.. those quotes will just drive you mad!

:)

Brilliant - it now works fine.
Thanks v much for your time & help.

[Markus]

Brilliant - it now works fine.
Thanks v much for your time & help.

No problamooo

Post back anytime.