Apply styles using php file in Zend? - php

Question

NOTE: UPDATED MY QUESTION
I am using zend.I have the file "stylesettings.php" under css folder. Having the following line to convert php file to css.
header("Content-type: text/css");
stylesetting.php is under application/css/stylesettings.php
Now i want to get the color code from my DB in stylesettings.php.Here i can write basic DB connection code to get values from DB. I guess there might be another way to get all DB values by using zend. How can we connect DB like "Zend_Db_Table_Abstract" in stylesettings file ?
Is it possible to use zend component in that file ? Kindly advice on this.
I hope you understand.

Answer 1

You are breaking the basic separated model assumed in a MVC framework. For such color code, if it's only used in one place, I would suggest that you output the color in the "style="color: <color>"" in-line style in order to keep the dynamic part in HTML and your CSS file static.
If you really want to do this, then you should consider output your dynamic stylesheet in a URL path other than css, and use the controller/views etc to generate the stylesheet.

Answer 2

i am using the following way to apply color settings in layout.phtml
Use below code in bootstrap file
<?php
require_once 'plugins/StyleController.php';
class Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap {
protected function _initRouter() {
$front = Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance ();
$front->setControllerDirectory ( dirname ( __FILE__ ) . '/controllers' );
$router = $front->getRouter ();
$front->registerPlugin ( new StyleController ( $router ) );
}
}
Created folder plugins under application and create a new file called stylecontroller.php
<?php
class StyleController extends Zend_Controller_Plugin_Abstract
{
public function preDispatch(Zend_Controller_Request_Abstract $request)
{
$layout = Zend_Layout::getMvcInstance();
$view = $layout->getView();
/* code for getting color settings */
$this->settings = new Admin_Model_DbTable_Settings();
$view->colorsettings = $this->settings->getStyleSettings();
//print_obj($view->colorsettings);
}
}
?>
Also to get color code,
<?php
class Admin_Model_DbTable_Settings extends Zend_Db_Table_Abstract
{
public function getStyleSettings()
{
$select = $this->_db->select()
->from('style_settings');
$result = $this->getAdapter()->fetchAll($select);
return $result['0'];
}
}
?>
By using above code i can able to use $this->colorsettings in layout page.
This one fix my dynamic color in layout but not in other template files.