Can I use PHP inside CSS pseudo class

Question

I have this code

a:after{
content url:(/path to my image/my_image.png)
  ......
}

and it works fine. But I am now migrating my site to WordPress. I can't use the WordPress function get_theme_file_uri(); to get my image path Or is there another alternative.

Answer 1

Unless you're running your CSS documents through a PHP eval() function (which you shouldn't do by most standards) there isn't a good way to execture PHP inside of CSS. The best way to solve your issue is linking directly to the image.

Assuming your directory structure is something like:

[..]
    [wp-admin]
    [wp-content]
        [uploads]
            [images]
               --my-image.jpg--
    [wp-includes]
    --other files--

You could use it by simply using a relative path to the file, like:

a::after {
    content: url(/wp-content/uploads/images/my-image.jpg);
}

Answer 2

CSS urls are relative to the CSS file.

if you have structure like

..
images
    my_image.png
index.php
style.css

you can use a relative URL like:

a:after{
    content url:(images/my_image.png)
}