Is it possible to set a src attribute of an img tag in css

CSS is a language used for controlling the styling and layout of web pages. It does not directly modify HTML element attributes, such as the src attribute of the img tag.

The src attribute determines the path to the image referenced by the image tag; it is an HTML attribute, not a CSS property.

However, you can use CSS to control how images are displayed, for example, by using the background-image property to set a background image for an element. For instance:

css
div.backgroundImage {
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  background-image: url('image.jpg');
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center;
}

In the above code, we create a div element and set its background image via CSS. This method allows you to use CSS to control how images are presented, but the actual image still needs to be introduced via HTML or dynamically via JavaScript. For example, you can use JavaScript to change the src attribute of the img tag:

javascript
document.getElementById('myImage').src = 'newImage.jpg';

In this example, we use JavaScript to select an img element with the id myImage and change its src attribute to update the displayed image.