Function Not Working

[JCScoobyRS]

I have this function:

function &highlight_code($langName, $codeText)
{
        $text =  'This is $langName code.';
        return $text;
}

And I'm calling it like this:

$patterns[] = "/\[code=(['\"]?)([^\"'<>]*)\\1](.*)\[\/code\]/sU";
        $replacements[] = "'<div class=\"xoopsCode\"><code><pre>'.highlight_code('\\2','\\3').'</pre></code></div>'";

If passed

xxx

, the results should be:

This is php code.

but I'm getting:

'.highlight_code('vb','xxx').'

Anyone see why? Thanks, Jeremy

[ajmoore]

The problem is that you're calling the function inside of your quoted output string...Try it like this instead:

$replacements[] = "'<div class=\"xoopsCode\"><code><pre>'".highlight_code"('\2','\3').'</pre></code></div>'";

[ajmoore]

oops sorry, I put the end quote in the wrong spot...this should be better:

$replacements[] = "'<div class=\"xoopsCode\"><code><pre>'".highlight_code('\2','\3')."'</pre></code></div>'";

[JCScoobyRS]

Now page doesn't display. Any idea why? Thanks, Jeremy

[TechGnome]

Originally posted by ajmoore
oops sorry, I put the end quote in the wrong spot...this should be better:

$replacements[] = "'<div class=\"xoopsCode\"><code><pre>'".highlight_code('\2','\3')."'</pre></code></div>'";

[/B]

I think you missed it..... here's the story behind this.... this is a piece of a text sanitizing routine that has a list of stuff to look for and things to replace it with.... part of what's being done is to take some of that text and pass it to a function so some markup can be done to it.....
That's why the code reads:

$replacements[] = "'<div class=\"xoopsCode\"><code><pre>'.MyTextSanitizer::highlight_code('\\2','\\3').'</pre></code></div>'";

highlight_code takes two parameters.... what should be displayed is the markedup text returned by highlight_code