Newbie question about CSS and PHP

Bebberman

Is CSS and PHP used together?

Or is it best to build a whole web site with PHP?

I've been using basic HTML to web web pages. I'm wanting t move up and learn a better lanuage to build web pages. Something that I won't be wishing I would've spent my time learning something ese.

-Bebberman

jmcneese

you build webpages with HTML/CSS. you generate data with PHP, which in turn can be used in HTML.

Bebberman

Dude...

The statement "you generate data with PHP" makes me understand the use of PHP so much better.

I need to learn CSS first right?

-Bebberman

jmcneese

learning CSS is not necessary for webpage design, although your pages are much easier to design (and alter later) if you do.

here is an example of with and without CSS:

without:

<font size="1" color="blue"><b><u><a href="file.html">blah</a></u></b></font>
some other text
<font size="1" color="blue"><b><u><a href="file.html">blah</a></u></b></font>
some other text
<font size="1" color="blue"><b><u><a href="file.html">blah</a></u></b></font>

note that you had to define the style for each and every hyperlink.

with:

<style>
a {
color: blue;
text-decoration: underline;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 1em;
}
</style>
<a href="file.html">blah</a>
some other text
<a href="file.html">blah</a>
some other text
<a href="file.html">blah</a>
some other text

now, because "a" was configured for a certain style, it is "cascaded" throught the document, instead of having to type it again and again.

remember, this has nothing to do with PHP. PHP just takes data, manipulates it, and returns it to the browser. PHP doesn't care about HTML or CSS or JavaScript.

Bebberman

Thanks, your comments are very helpful. I realize it's CSS that I've been wanting to learn this whole time. Not PHP...

Although, I don't doubt that I'll need to learn it sooner or later...

I'll be back to these forums in a year or so.... <snickers>

-Bebberman, tired of using HTML.

Borked

CSS doesn't replace HTML. It is a way of abstracting web page style & format from the rest of the page. CSS allows you to make one document that contains styles and apply those styles to pages and parts of pages. Then, you can change that one CSS document and change all the others. CSS styles can contain background image/color, font size, color, style, and lots of other style and formatting options.