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POCasting a variable to write CSS
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    copied!<p>So, I'm making a table, and I want to use a 4-color scheme selected at random from a group of 10 schemes.</p> <p>Here's my CSS/PHP:</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php header('Content-type: text/css'); // 0 grey $color00 = '#959595'; //light grey $color10 = '#616161'; //medium grey $color20 = '#414141'; //dark grey $color30 = '#dfdfdf'; //white grey // 1 pink $color01 = '#e45494'; //light pink $color11 = '#d70060'; //medium pink $color21 = '#900040'; //dark pink $color31 = '#f7ccdf'; //white pink // 2 red $color02 = '#ee576f'; //light red $color12 = '#e50428'; //medium red $color22 = '#9a031b'; //dark red $color32 = '#facdd4'; //white red // 3 orange //(etc, up to 09-39) $seed = rand(0,9); $lightcolor = "color0".$seed; $medcolor = "color1".$seed; $darkcolor = "color2".$seed; $whitecolor = "color3".$seed; ?&gt; #wttbl{ border:0; border-collapse:collapse; cellpadding:3; width:500px; font-family:Verdana; font-size:9px; } #wttbl td, #wttbl th{ padding: 4px; } #wttbl #header{ background:&lt;?="$lightcolor"?&gt;; } #wttbl td{ text-align:right; color:#414141; } #wttbl .odd{ background:&lt;?="$color33"?&gt;; } #wttbl .even{ } #wttbl tr:hover{ background:&lt;?="$color03"?&gt;; } #wttbl td:hover{ background:&lt;?="$color23"?&gt;; color:white; } </code></pre> <p>The problem is that, hardcoding things like</p> <pre><code>#wttbl .odd{ background:&lt;?="$color33"?&gt;; } </code></pre> <p>seem to work, and echo the proper css color into my code, while things like</p> <pre><code>#wttbl #header{ background:&lt;?="$lightcolor"?&gt;; } </code></pre> <p>echo "color03" into the tag. </p> <p>What am I doing wrong, and how can I fix it?</p>
 

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