Routed CSS file?

Kirby 2 Solved ✅
1

I’m writing a plugin.

Below is code that route a css file to another url. It works but I think the it’s a bit messy.

<?php
kirby()->routes(array(
  array(
    'pattern' => 'myplugin.css', 
    'action'  => function() {
        header("Content-type: text/css; charset: UTF-8");
	$path = kirby()->roots()->plugins() . DS . 'myplugin' . DS . 'assets' . DS . 'css' . DS . 'myplugin.css';
        tpl::load( $path, array(), false );
    }
  )
);

Is there a way I can just add a link to the CSS file? Now I set a header and pretend that the CSS file is a template, which feels wrong.

I do not need to parse it in anyway.

2

You can use the following in your main plugin file:

<?php
kirby()->routes(array(
  array(
    'pattern' => 'myplugin.css', 
    'action'  => function() {
	$path = __DIR__ . DS . 'assets' . DS . 'css' . DS . 'myplugin.css';
        return new Response(file_get_contents($path), 'css');
    }
  )
);
3

Nice try, but in this case I will continue to use my solution. On many hostings file_get_contents are disabled by security reasons. My hosting for example:

https://support.loopia.se/wiki/alternativ-till-file-get-contents/

I could use cURL but that would be much more code.

4

I don’t think your hosting provider will ever disable file_get_contents() itself. Only getting files over HTTP is sometimes disabled. But in my code, I get the file from the file system. Are you sure it doesn’t work?

5

Ahh, now I remember. They are just blocking full urls like “http://…”. Paths should be fine. Thanks! :smiley:

6

Or to do it the Kirby way you can use f::read() instead of file_get_contents()

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7

Well, yes. But adding additional Kirby-specific code to such simple examples is a bit overkill in my opinion. More to research for beginners. :wink:

8

Well, once you know it is there, it makes your life easier, less to type in simple examples. And you don’t want to tell me that @jenstornell still qualifies as beginner? :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

9

Are you calling me a beginner? :neutral_face: Everything is relative I guess… *feeling like a pro.

10

You are absolutely not a beginner. :smiley:
But the whole point of a forum is that other people can use the solutions as well. :wink:

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11

I think it’s nice to have both versions, the file_get_contents and the f::read. Then me and other people can choose if we want to use plain PHP syntax or Kirby syntax.

I usually go for Kirby syntax when available because it often makes the code cleaner and shorter. For the ones who want to make more independent stuff I guess the PHP syntax is better.

Thank you both!

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