Message board feature

Anon

I just realized something:

Whenever someone writes code when replying to a post, it is not getting formatted right. For example, whitespaces (like tabs) are not showing up.

Thus I wanted to suggest something. If the owner could add a syntax highlighting/formatting feature, it would be great!

So for example if we had a piece of code between some text, it would be marked using tags. For example:

This is my message.... this is my message

<php_code>
<?php
echo "This is the sample code"
?>
</php_code>

This is my message conclusion

So in this case, the message board will format the code between <php_code> and </php_code> using the php function highlight_string()

My point is simple: since a lot of people post code in the Coding Forum, we need some kind of formatting to make code look better; and my idea is not too hard to implement.

-sridhar

Anon

To implement your idea, all current and future users of this site must have to be informed about what tags to use as identifier when writing code. Anything between the tags can then be highlighted. That won't be easy, since people come and go all the time.

<?php cannot be used, since it automatically gets interpreted as a php script, rather than treated as text.

Richie

www.geocities.com/akindele/

Anon

That won't be easy, since people come and go all the time.

Of course it will be easy: all you do is write a short line above the form which lets you post/reply to messages. PLUS: even if people didn't know the new standards, they wouldn't be harmed. Their code would not be highlighted... that's all. Then when they look all the posts WITH the highlighting, they'll be saying "wow, how can I do that?" and eventually figure it out.

<?php cannot be used, since it automatically gets interpreted as a php script, rather than treated as text.

I didn't say to use the <?php ?> tags to be highlighted. I asked anything between:

<php_code>

and

</php_code>

to be highlighted EVEN IF IT'S NOT PHP CODE (because to actually check whether that code is PHP or not would require additional coding and additional time).

-sridhar