[SOLVED] Code tags

[ngreenwood6]

I am trying to create a section on my website where users can submit php code. I am trying to get the code into the database and have it pull it back up later but I want the code section to be in a code like section. Does anyone know how I can accomplish this. I tried adding [c0de] and [/c0de] but it just parses it and shows the "[c0de]" when it is pulled from the database. Any help is appreciated.

 

Also can somebody tell me how to make it so that when a post is made that it will post it just how it was written. For example to make it read like a word document.

[gaza165]

I have been doing a similar thing on my forum.

 

http://forum.thedesignmonkeys.co.uk

 

If you use highlight_string($string) the code will be coloured just like it is in this forum..

 

just like this

 

<?php echo "hello this is php code"; ?>

[ngreenwood6]

Thanks for the response but can you tell me how I would implement that into a text box for entry into the database.

[gaza165]

Well the way to do it is when you pull it back from the database to use the highlight_string function on the text you want to highlight which is PHP.

 

are you encasing php code in

 or [ code ] tags????

 

 

[ngreenwood6]

Well that is what I am trying to figure out. I am trying to set it up so that a user can make a post and they can use plain text and then the can select something like a code tag and it wrap everything in the code tag and store all the information in the database for further use. I having a problem trying to figure out how to get it to store the information and only apply the formatting to a certain part which is in the code tag. Any help is appreciated.

[ngreenwood6]

BUMP... I am sure that someone knows how to do this or can get me started in the right direction.

[laffin]

U grab stuff between the

 & 

tags (preg_match)

apply the hightlighting

apply codes that wont interfere with the bbcode/smilie parser

reinsert this block back into the message

 

the message can be stored in its bbcoded state.

 

for special codes ya can look here Special HTML Codes

 

by replacing the '[' with the special code, ya avoid the bbcode parser alltogether, than it comes to any smilies that may be in the code.

 

 

[ngreenwood6]

Can you elaborate a little bit better on how to do this? Sorry I am kinda a noob. I can get around the basics but need a little explaining for new features. I used [c0de] with the 0 so that I could type that out.