date() with cursor

[busker]

I'm trying but haven't succeeded in my script below. It checks for a specific date and displays an appropriate cursor. If the date isn't found, it defaults to the cursor of the month. Everything's currently in the root folder so I can see the paths clearly.

index.php



<style>

body {cursor: url("cursor.php"), auto;}

</style>

cursor.php



<?php
$date = date("m,d");
$monthly = date('m');

if($date == "04,06"){
     echo("moustache.ani");
}
elseif($date == "12,25"){
     echo("christmas.ani");
}
else{
switch ($monthly) {
case '04': echo '<"balancing.ani">'; break;
}
}
?>

 

[trq]

I'm not sure where you got the idea that css's url attribute would parse a php file, but it won't.

[busker]

I was hoping it would so I wouldn't have to modify much being that the css is already included on every page.

It actually works if you put the cursor's url attribute in the actual page.

I was wondering why the source code was coming out a little fonky.

Thanks

Btw, I was at another php forum that was clueless

Edited April 7, 2014 by busker

[kicken]

You can reference a PHP file in the css file, but rather than have that script output the name of the cursor you want to use, you need to have it output the actual cursor content with appropriate headers. Figure out what the proper mime type is for the cursor files and output a Content-type header for it, then output the cursor file contents using readfile.

[Psycho]

Or, it may even work to use a header() to redirect to the file.