If you are a premium theme developer, there may be times when you will need to generate dynamic CSS/JavaScript files to be used inside your theme. An example to this is when you want the users to be able to change certain aspects of the CSS including colors, backgrounds, padding, borders, or add their own customizations.
While this can be done manually, it would be a time-consuming and tedious process. Instead, you can use a PHP script to automatically generate the necessary files.
The first thing you need to do is create a new file named css-generator.php and save it in your theme’s folder. In this file, you will need to write the following code:
$background = $_GET[‘background’]; $padding = $_GET[‘padding’]; $border = $_GET[‘border’]; ?> body { color: ; background-color: ; padding: ; border: ; }
This code will take the values assigned to the color, background, padding, and border variables and output them as CSS. The next thing you need to do is create a new file named style.css and save it in the same folder. In this file, you will need to write the following code:
@import url(‘css-generator.php?color=red&background=black&padding=10px&border=1px+solid+green’);
This code will import the CSS file that you just created. The last thing you need to do is upload both files to your server and test it out. If everything is working correctly, you should see a page with a red background, black text, 10px of padding, and a green border.
Now that you know how to dynamically generate static CSS files using PHP, you can experiment with different combinations of colors, backgrounds, padding, and border values to create your own unique designs.
