Hi James,
Just to expand on jassh, pressing the php button is practical for one line of code. I find it quicker to type the [php] [/php] myself. Obviously take out the _ otherwise it won't work. I know what you mean about colour -> color, you get used to it! There is a good reason why the US spells it in that way, they use phonetic spellings, so color is infact correct, it is just the british keeping the strange quirks of the english language!
p.S you may want to change your email in your post, either include NOSPAM or change the @ to the word 'at', you will be rather pissed of if a spambot gets hold of it somehow, it happened to me on another forum and it only took a few days for 30-35 spam emails to hit my account every day. A lesson you learn quickly.