PHP gurus I need your help please ...

[halfpint]

Im trying to link this code and image to a url so that when a surfer clicks on the image it takes the surfer back to the homepage.. and I am stuck.. Anybody know how to do this..

Any help appreciated thanks

background:white url(<?php echo $vars['url']; ?>mod/brighton_boat/graphics/cz4.jpg)no-repeat left top;

[Killswitch - BANNED FOR LIFE]

What's $vars['url'] set as?

Edit: I'm confused at what you're doing, that's CSS with a PHP echo.

[Trev_UK]

you need to define $vars

[halfpint]

What's $vars['url'] set as?

Edit: I'm confused at what you're doing, that's CSS with a PHP echo.

yes it is css, is there a way I can do this using the css file ? link the image to an url

[Serge Litehead]

so whats is the problem?

by looking at your code all seems normal, maybe a slash is missing between closing php tag and "mod/bri..." ?
background:white url(<?php echo $vars['url']; ?>/mod/brighton_boat/graphics/cz4.jpg)no-repeat left top;

[halfpint]

you need to define $vars

how do I do that

[Serge Litehead]

php must be able to interpret php code in css first though if that code is applied in css file.. if its in php..

look at the source and see what $vars['url']; output there or print it somewhere else.

[Trev_UK]

how do I do that

<?php $vars = 'http://www.somedomain.com'; ?>

[nation-x]

buttsecks is good for your balls

[halfpint]

<?php $vars = 'http://www.somedomain.com'; ?>

thank you

[Trev_UK]

php must be able to interpret php code in css first though

indeed, not sure if writing the css as a php file and using a mod rewrite would work, in my head it would lol

[Serge Litehead]

indeed, not sure if writing the css as a php file and using a mod rewrite would work, in my head it would lol

it can be done the same way as .html being inturpreted by php engine

[Libertine]

Am I missing something or are you all insanely stupid?

[Serge Litehead]

to link the image directly to url it can be done this way:

in styles:
#link1 { background:white url(mod/brighton_boat/graphics/cz4.jpg)no-repeat left top; } /* just make sure to set width and height of an actual image */

in html source
<a id="link1" href="http://URL"></a>

[Trev_UK]

it can be done the same way as .html being inturpreted by php engine

.htaccess

[Trev_UK]

Am I missing something or are you all insanely stupid?

Feel free to give an answer...

[Killswitch - BANNED FOR LIFE]

<?php $vars = 'http://www.somedomain.com'; ?>

Would throw an error as $vars is an array according to his current code, unless he removes the array bit from it so it's just a regular variable.

[Trev_UK]

Would throw an error as $vars is an array according to his current code, unless he removes the array bit from it so it's just a regular variable.

a simple echo $vars would work a treat

[Killswitch - BANNED FOR LIFE]

a simple echo $vars would work a treat

test it...

<?php
$vars = 'http://www.somedomain.com';
echo $vars['url'];
?>

I get this returned, 'h'

[Killswitch - BANNED FOR LIFE]

<?php
$vars = array('url' => 'http://www.somedomain.com');
echo $vars['url'];
?>

That works though ;)

[Trev_UK]

<?php
$vars = array('url' => 'http://www.somedomain.com');
echo $vars['url'];
?>

That works though ;)

me likes, you da hero lol ;)

[Libertine]

Feel free to give an answer...

I'm not entirely sure. I have the flu, and am constantly on the verge of hallucinating due to my fever.

However, even in my current clouded state of mind, most of the posts in this thread seem way off.

First, the .htaccess thing... a far better solution is to rename the .css file to .php, and simply reference that as the style sheet. Works just fine.

Second, the php thing. Why use php if you're going to hardcore the variable, anyway?

Third, the php thing again. His question (as well as his code) had absolutely nothing to do with that piece of php. The url() in the background is the location of the background picture, nothing to do with clickable hyperlinks.

Fourth, the actual question. It makes very little sense. The clickable link is never the background, but the element it's the background of. Since the OP didn't specify what the element is, the entire thread is pointless.

But, again, I'm in a fever-induced state of semi-consciousness, so I may well be talking jibberish which only makes sense to me.

[Killswitch - BANNED FOR LIFE]

me likes, you da hero lol ;)