css + php

[TimTimTimma]

I have a css file...

below

body {
	background-attachment:fixed;
	background-image:url(/Templates/Tech/images/bg.gif);
	background-color:#C0C0C0;
	color:#000000;
	font-family:Tahoma, Arial, serif;
	margin: 5px;
}

there is the chunk...

notice, the /Templates/Tech/images/bg.gif

this works if the script thats running it is located in the root folder, however it does NOT work if the script running it is in an upper directory, how can I fix this using php, or is there a way to fix this? I need the url specified in the database to print out in this css file, it would be fine if the code was located IN the script, but its remotely located in another file known as style.css and is included through the headers, now, obvious css wont execute php, so, what do I do? I need to make

/Templates/Tech/images/bg.gif

to..

$GLOBALS['base_url']."/Templates/Tech/images/bg.gif or something of that nature...

P.S.
Don't suggest moving the css file into the main file, because this is for my CMS with interchanging themes, so that wouldn't work out to well..

[halojoy]

That is a bad thing in CSS.
It does NOT act as an included page in PHP does.
It really should do.

I have had to make changes in several bulletin board softwares,
that has option to add user designed Layout with CSS includes.
I see no other way around this, than doing changes by hand.
With your editor.

[bretticus]

One word...'symlink' 😃

[Weedpacket]

Or name your stylesheet with a .php extension and have PHP generate CSS (and think of the fun you could do with that: style each individual style element in the database, for example).

(I'll skip the option of having your server handle CSS files as PHP, since I'm assuming this is for an environment where users may not have such control).