Question

I am trying to customize the links on my site that are inserted via php. The reason they are inserted via php is for checking user login and editing the log options (the links in question) depending on their status so removing them from php is a no go as far as I can see. I’ve tried inline and external styling, and though, if I remember correctly, it has worked in the past for other things, it just will not work for these links. Anyone have any good ideas?

Here is the (immediate) code:

       $logOptions = $PM_envelope . '&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="../index.php">home</a> &nbsp; <a href="../profile.php">profile</a> &nbsp; <a href="../settings.php">settings</a> &nbsp; <a href="../logout.php">logout</a>' ;

The styles are this:

     .loginmenulinks a:link {
         color:#09C; 
         text-decoration:none;
         font-family:GeosansLight, sans-serif; 
         font-size:12px;
         }

same for hover, etc.

I call for this in a div in the header:

   <div><?php echo $logOptions; ?></div>

Answer 1

You may add additional classes or id’s to the a-tags to gain the ability to add your stylessheets from an external resource.

However it is not a good Idea to keep such things in your PHP Code, you should use some seperation between a view and a logical layer in your application.

Furthermore you should not use   but css to gain spacing, as it is not intended to do that.