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Oh jeez, that's going to be really cumbersome to write.

edit: I think I'll stick to PHP variables in my CSS for now:

  <?=$color1?>

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This is a terrible idea. Do you cachebust your CSS?

I generally make heavy use of both server-side and client-side caching. It really depends on the site. If it's just an internal company tool then I usually don't worry about intelligent caching.

I understand the danger of introducing PHP to CSS though. I won't be making database calls or anything like that from a .css file.

You do lose the benefit of caching with that approach, though.

You don't have to. You treat it like you would with LESS - executes during development and you compile it for production

At that point you should just be using LESS/SASS/etc, though, for the other niceties they provide for working with colors and such.

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