[php] tag doesn't like back slashes?

[cholmon]

Check out this snippet, using the "code" tag:

/**
 * use some\long\name\space as mylib;
 */

use some\long\name\space as mylib;

...compared to the exact same snippet in a "php" code block:

/**
 * use some\long\name\space as mylib;
 */

use some\long\name\space as mylib; 

SP's syntax highlighter seems to strip backslashes from PHP code, though it leaves them in the comments.

[felgall]

\ escapes the character following eg. \n = new line, \t = tab, \\ = backslash

[cholmon]

\ escapes the character following eg. \n = new line, \t = tab, \\ = backslash

Nope, already tried that:

/**
 * use some\\long\\name\\space as mylib;
 */

use some\\long\\name\\space as mylib;

/**
 * use some\\long\\name\\space as mylib;
 */

use some\\long\\name\\space as mylib; 

...any other ideas?

[dyer85]

Yes, the native PHP highlight_string(), for example, works as expected. vBulletin, however, seems to replace one or more backslashes with none.

However, you can use the other syntax highlighter (which I presume is GeSHi)

<?php
 
use Foo\Bar\Baz as Quux;
 
echo Quux\somefunc();

Actual BBCode:

[highlight=php]
<?php

use Foo\Bar\Baz as Quux;

echo Quux\somefunc();
[/highlight]

[cholmon]

Very cool...I didn't know there was an alternative way to highlight syntax. Thanks!