reading in external .css

[CABrown]

Having a problem getting external css files to function when served by more than a simple print() code. No parsing error reported.

Both appear with "reveal code" in the browser to produce:
</title>
<link rev="stylesheet" href="scripts/mac_style.css" type="text/css">
</head>

//This works:

</title>
<?
print ("<link rev=\"stylesheet\" href=\"scripts/mac_style.css\" type=\"text/css\">\n");
?>
</head>

//This fails:

</title>
<?
$browser_type = getenv("HTTP_USER_AGENT");
if (preg_match("/Mac/i", "$browser_type"))
{
print ("<link rev=\"stylesheet\" href=\"scripts/mac_style.css\" type=\"text/css\">\n");
$opsys = "mac";
}
else
{
print ("<link rev=\"stylesheet\" href=\"scripts/win_style.css\" type=\"text/css\">\n");
$opsys = "win";
}
?>
</head>

[MrAlaska]

Sure you're not on a Mac? lol

I just pasted your conditional statement into my test page, and it's looking for a win_style sheet.

You might be dealing with a caching issue.

[CABrown]

Yes, I am using a Mac, also have WinTel for testing.
As you found, the code in both cases does generate a call on the correct css file for the OS.

Could you clarify the caching issue? I turned caching back on in my browser (turned off for more speed w/broadband), and the problem persists.

The directory structure looks like this:

test.php
scripts/win_styles.css
scripts/mac_styles.css

I've tried both absolute and relative addresses for the style sheets. Seemed straight-forward from PHP Essentials and Core PHP Programming.

[psy]

<link rel="stylesheet" href="scripts/mac_style.css" type="text/css">

it said rev, not rel.. that could be the problem

[CABrown]

psy,
Many thanks, amazing what a fresh set of eyes will catch.
I'm moving ahead to impliment imbedding the code across my site.