I’am using CI 1.5.1

Two servers:
* linux, apache 2.0, php 5.1
* windows, apache 2.2, php 5.2

So the problem: CI cant’ parse CSS file, when it included in the VIEW like so:

. In windows enviroment i got strange error in FF, like a MIME types mix, something about “the css file is text/html type and you need text/css”. I checked the apache config and MIMES types, but all seems ok. And standalone php worked fine (without CI). On linux server theres is no erros, but CSS is not parsed by browser.

It is ok, when you gives the full path.
Or you can do something like that:

But this is not a option in my situation, i have a couple js libs, that using CSS include (you can see this in attachment).

In attached file you can see code generated inside of browser with Firebug (it shows a default CI_404, why?). The js and css are in the same directory.

There is something with relative paths to do. Maybe?

Thanks a lot.

Topaz - 06 December 2006 08:56 AM

There is something with relative paths to do. Maybe?

That would be my guess. Try this thread for some tips, particularly where it mentions base_url(). The base_url function is a good way to deal with relative paths.

You can also have the view write out a var you can use in your

Edit: had to obfuscate a bit to avoid getting the script tags parsed out.

This is not a solution, when you have a complex js library, that operating with html or css inside… :S

You cannot embed Jscript inside a CSS file.

Indeed, but vice versa?..

Yes you can output CSS via Javascript, but only using something like document . write(). or setting attributes of elements using the DOM.

You can also change the style property of an element on the page via the DOM.

Thank you, but i know this solutions and there is problems with that.
I have for example 5 different javascript 3rd party libs, that coded something like that:

And i have to install my CI program to N servers, i have to update those libs (new version of the lib) and so on . This is not a solution to rewrite every time libs and all 3rd party stuff to do there job.

I could be wrong, but it seems to me that your .htaccess file may be causing Apache to send the request for your css to CI there by causing the 404. Below are the rewrite rules that I use so that if a request file exists statically on the server (images, css, js, etc) it is served normally, otherwise the request is sent to CI.

joeles - 12 December 2006 09:14 AM

I could be wrong, but it seems to me that your .htaccess file may be causing Apache to send the request for your css to CI there by causing the 404. Below are the rewrite rules that I use so that if a request file exists statically on the server (images, css, js, etc) it is served normally, otherwise the request is sent to CI.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

This is a pretty decent rewrite request. I found the following .htaccess in the CI wiki (or forums?) a while back and have used it ever since:

It’s nearly the same as yours, but using [PT,L] instead of just [L] opens up a few other options. (PT = “pass thru”, check the Apache docs on this, I can’t even begin to explain why it’s good to use it.) You can also replace RewriteBase with your relative path (ie, if your CI_ROOT is “/~someuser/ci”, you just do: RewriteBase /~someuser/ci/

People have different opinions about the good/evil of IfModule, so I’ll just not comment on that. 8)

Cool, thanks for the tip, Shadowhand.

Thank you very very much! This worked!
I think this is important solution

Craig - 11 December 2006 06:43 AM

You cannot embed Jscript inside a CSS file.

Yeah, but styles can have Javascript, if you’ve specified the style type as “text/javascript”