PHP code in div

[scoobasteve1982]

I was wondering if anyone knew where I can show code to my users in a scrolling div (cross browser too) that will format the code and highlight colors. I've always wondered how people do this. You should be able to see an example of what I mean below..

function testFoo() {

echo "I would like to use this code display box on my site!";

} 

See what I mean...thanks!

[Raffles]

A scrolling div requires dimensions and overflow:scroll.For code like this, you would most likely want it to scroll horizontally and vertically, so you would have to give it a width and a maximum height (note that IE6 doesn't know about CSS's max-height so on the server side you might have to count the number of lines being outputted and set the height based on that).

Then use highlight_string().

This might be worth a look too: http://www.sitepoint.com/article/hig...ource-code-php

[scoobasteve1982]

Thank you but what about highlighting say HTML code?

[Raffles]

Look at the second link, they recommend using the PEAR package that'll highlight any language on the face of the Earth.

[scoobasteve1982]

I apologize about responding that way, I visited the link after I posted the question..argh! Thanks buddy..

[Raffles]

No worries.