php bbcode problem

[FiRe]

I made this function:

function format($txt) {
$txt = preg_replace("/\[php\](.*?)\[\/php\]/is", "<div id=\"phpcode\">" . highlight_string("\\1", true) . "</div>", $txt);
return nl2br($txt);
}

This will output the code but it misses of the first "<?php" so it doesnt highlight the code! This is what the source looks like:

<div id="phpcode"><code><font color="#000000"><br />
<?php<br />
echo "test";<br />
?></font><br />
</code></div>

Any help?

[eelixduppy]

Are you sure you don't want this as your source code?:

<div id="phpcode"><code><font color="#000000">
[b][php][/b]
echo "test";
[b][/php][/b]</font>
</code></div>

This is what your regex seems to be searching for (I think--I'm still a beginner when it comes to Regular Expressions ;))

[FiRe]

[php]<?php
echo "test";
?>[/php]

Thats how it looks like and its missing out the first <?php and I dont know why :-S

[proper_bo]

I think you need to replace the < and > with &lt; and &gt; so the code doesn't get confused.

function format($txt) {
$txt = preg_replace("/<(.*?)>/is", "&lt;\\1&gt;", $txt);
$txt = preg_replace("/\[php\](.*?)\[\/php\]/is", "<div id=\"phpcode\">" . highlight_string("\\1", true) . "</div>", $txt);
return nl2br($txt);
}

try that. Might work.

[FiRe]

doesnt help, wont highlight if its already converted into entities...

[proper_bo]

you could change the highlight function to work with &lt; and &gt; as well as < and >

[FiRe]

no you cant its an inbuilt PHP function not custom made...

[proper_bo]

Oh yeah, forgot about it being a built in function.
I have read your code several times and I still can't find an error. Have you tried replacing the [php] with other letters like [abc] just to check it isn't that affecting the output?
Have you tried the match without using the highlight function to see what you are getting back in it's simplest form?

[FiRe]

changing it makes no difference and this will output the code:

$txt = preg_replace("/\[php\](.*?)\[\/php\]/is", "<div id=\"phpcode\">\\1</div>", $txt);