hello everybody,

I am a beginner in php
I have some questions about how to highlight the php syntax to the browser, I have tried by using the highlight_file($file) and highlight_source($file), but it just requires us to save the file that we want to display, so what if I want the php code just stored in the database and display it to the browser without having to save the file.

You can see the example by visiting this url:

http://www.talkphp.com/advanced-php-...ion-class.html

the answer will be very appreciated.

Sorry I don't quite follow what the question is...?

So wait...
You want an Editor that can highlight PHP Syntax that your working on? (I use PSPad)
Or
You want to create code, that will automatically highlight posted PHP script (like in that example you linked to)?

Perhaps something like this?
http://se.php.net/manual/en/function...ght-string.php

right, that i mean.....

but, anybody know how the webmaster of this site :
http://www.talkphp.com/advanced-php-...ion-class.html
highlight its php syntax and display it into the textarea??????

I think what you want is this:

For PHP code, enclose your code in [php ] and [/php ] tags (minus the spaces).

Check out the "Sticky" at the top of the PHP forum.

The actual code behind that basically is:

PHP Code:

<?php
$highlighted_code = '<pre><code>'.highlight_string  ('<?php /* code here */ ?>');.'</code></pre>'

echo $highlighted_code;
?>

The pre and the code tag are formatted by CSS to look like funky boxes. It also uses the BB code stuff in PHP to make anything [php] highlighted.

Ex:

<code style="white-space:nowrap">
<!-- php buffer start -->
            <code>
                        <span style="color: #000000">
                        <span style="color: #0000BB">Add_Talkupation</span>
                        <span style="color: #007700">(</span>
                        <span style="color: #DD0000">'rogem002'</span>
                        <span style="color: #007700">);&nbsp;</span>
                        <span style="color:#FF8000">//&nbsp;Because&nbsp;sharing&nbsp;is&nbsp;awesome!&nbsp;<br /></span>
                        <span style="color: #0000BB"></span>
                        </span>
            </code>
<!-- php buffer end -->

Wait... Was your question how to write php code on this forum (like the above suggestions) or how do accomplish that on your own site? I thought it was for your site.

If so, to get it into a textarea:

PHP Code:

<textarea>
  <?php
highlight_string($you_string);
?>
     </textarea>

ok, now i have understand and get what i want for my php highlighting..

thanks very much for all the help......