[SOLVED] html code to plain text

[asmith]

how can i make some part of my code plain text ? 

i mean how can i show html code ? 

for example i want to show  " <br />" on page .  not the thing this code do . just the characters .

not with &gt or something  , assume i have a large code of html . i can't do it for all . any specific tag for it ?

[sKunKbad]

use pre tags

[asmith]

nah , pre do not do such thing !

 

just test it :   

<pre><b>hello</b><br /><i>hi!</i></pre>

 

it won't show me the html code .

[atl_andy]

I think you need to escape what you want to show.  Use \" to show a " in your text, or \\ to show a \ in your text.

[effigy]

If you want to show HTML markup within an HTML page, you have to use entities. See htmlspecialchars.

[tinker]

as effigy say's look at htmlspecialchars and run a whole alphameric set through it to see what's different.

When I do tutorials I only really need to use < and > which are the one's which get in the way most.

Oh yes, there < and >

[monkeytooth]

are you even using PHP?

 

anyway... something like this maybe...

 

& - &amp;<br>
< - &lt;<br>
> - &gt;

[asmith]

thanks, that function was what i needed !

really thanks!