Placeholder Image Fetcher Function by: Anders Schmidt Hansen

LESS Placeholder Image Fetcher variable

.placeholder-500 {
  display: block;
  .placeholdit(500,300); // Magic!
  .size(500,300);
}

// Call a Placehold.it image
.placeholdit(@width: 300, @height: 210) {
  @placeholdIt: ~`"http://placehold.it/@{width}x@{height}"`;
  background: url(@placeholdIt) no-repeat;

}

// Size Helper Function
.size(@width: 0, @height: 0) {
  width: @width * 1px;   
  height: @height * 1px;
}