Switching style sheet with URL parameter

[hoju312]

I want to be able to switch my stylesheet by passing a parameter in the URL

Right now my stylesheet is called mainStyle.css and I want it to switch to style.css if the URL has this in it /?status=beta.

I was told this is simple in .php, but I haven't been able to find a how-to on it.

[jatar_k]

variables found in the actual url can be accessed using the $_GET [ca.php.net] superglobal array

you can test it's value in an if statement to switch the stylesheet

$mystyle = 'mainStyle.css';
if ($_GET['status'] == 'beta') {
$mystyle = 'style.css';
}
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/<?php echo $mystyle;?>" />

I made that stylesheet line up but the premise works

[cmarshall]

Another thing I did was to make the stylesheets as .php files. I do this in order to optimize them, but you can do lots of other things with them.