Automatic PHP code tags

[flyhoney]

I have a simple suggestion to improve posting.  It would be awesome if there was an icon in addition to the [.code] tags icon that automatically generated code tags with opening and closing php tags within.  Since 95% of the code posted here is PHP, it would encourage people to use php tags so that their code is highlighted.  It would also save the step of having to write <?php ?> every time you need to use [.code] tags. 

 

So it would essentially work just like the code tags icon except it would generate:

[.code]<?php ?>[./code]

[Daniel0]

That'll not happen.

 tags are also used for HTML, CSS, Javascript, regex, SQL, etc. here. You may use the [php] tag if you wish PHP syntax highlighting without using the PHP opening tag.

[flyhoney]

I had no clue the [.php] tag existed.  That solves everything.  Thanks!

[.josh]

oh, I thought you were asking for an icon to be added to the list of icons you can click, for the already existing [ php ] .. [ /php ] tag.  To that, I would point you to smf's suggestion board.

[flyhoney]

Yeah, that is basically what I was asking, I didn't know about the php tags.

[xtopolis]

What about the same [select] mod for the php tags like the code tags have?  Not urgent, just very handy, even with

[php ] being less widely used.

CODE

test

 

PHP

test