Title: Database driven CSS using parse_request()
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Database driven CSS using parse_request()

 *  [HelgaTheViking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helgatheviking/)
 * (@helgatheviking)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-driven-css-using-parse_request/)
 * According to : [http://josephscott.org/archives/2010/03/database-powered-css-in-wordpress-themes/](http://josephscott.org/archives/2010/03/database-powered-css-in-wordpress-themes/)
   you can hook into the parse_request() function to get it to serve up a php file
   as CSS…. which would then allow you to pull CSS from a database. helpful as this
   is a common feature in theme options, except i can’t get it to work for anything.
 * i enqueue the pseudo script so that it shows up in the header
 *     ```
       function kia_wp_head() {
         wp_enqueue_style('dynamic', get_bloginfo('stylesheet_directory') . '/admin/ . '?my-custom-content=css');
       }
       add_action('wp_print_styles', 'kia_wp_head');
       ```
   
 * and then my custom parse request, which i dont think ever gets called… or _if_
   it does isn’t adding changing any CSS:
 *     ```
       function my_custom_wp_request( $wp ) {
           if( isset($_GET['my-custom-content']) && $_GET['my-custom-content'] == 'css'  ) {
   
               # get theme options
               header( 'Content-Type: text/css' ); ?>
   
       body {
           background-color: <?php echo 'red'; ?>
       }
   
       <?php
               exit;
           }
       }
       add_action( 'parse_request', 'my_custom_wp_request' );
       ```
   
 * any insights will be much appreciated.

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 *  [Mark / t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os_/)
 * (@t31os_)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-driven-css-using-parse_request/#post-1896550)
 * You might find the answer you’re looking for on one of the following pages.
    
   [How do I add CSS options to my plugin without using inline styles?](http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/1445/how-do-i-add-css-options-to-my-plugin-without-using-inline-styles)
   [Generating CSS Files Dynamically Using PHP Scripts?](http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/1560/generating-css-files-dynamically-using-php-scripts)
 * Hope that helps. 🙂

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