negation pseudo-class work around for IE?

Ok quick question I've been playing with :not in particular I wanted to use it to detect an external link but of course IE doesn't seem to support it anybody got a hack?

Code:

[href^="http://"]:not([href*="timnash.co.uk"])
{
background: url(exicon.gif) no-repeat 100% 0;
padding: 0 20px 0 0;
}

In a proper browser adds an image at the end of the link in IE does sod all.

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I guess I am not the one to help you, as this is the first time I see this option.

If I had to do this, I would do it the php way

Now that's very defeatist !
plus using php would not be the most sensible way to do this, the alternative would be to use a method similar to http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/external/

I know that this is not the way to do that, but post this question to webdeveloper.com there is a dutch member (Fang) who can help you with this (thats what I do if I need help with CSS)

(I hope he is still a member since my last visits was a long time ago

I have posted it in a few places apart from webdigity including to a CSS development list, so far lots of hmms but nothing useful, the closest to a decent solution was a combined method but by the time you done that you might has well used the max design method anyway.

Well I have written up my experience to date their seems to be no easy workaround for IE
http://www.timnash.co.uk/10/2007/styling-nofollows-css/

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So I guess you need to use php in order to make this work, but does it worth the time and overhead?

PHP? where do you get the PHP from?

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As it is not working with IE the only thing you can do to work there is use classes and then parse your links with php in order to assign css classes to them.

I think  the original method based on max design is the simplest solution and how I already had external links working, I just wanted a pure CSS solution using PHP just adds a layer of unneeded processing and complication,

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