Simple question for once ?

[harvey]

How do I get a text string that may contain HTML tags to
echo out to a web browser verbatim?

IE I want the tags to be printed out - not interpreted.

Thanks

[shimmyshack]

On 11 May, 17:38, harvey <[e-mail]:

How do I get a text string that may contain HTML tags to
echo out to a web browser verbatim?

IE I want the tags to be printed out - not interpreted.

Thanks

$string = '<h1>likethis</h1>';

echo htmlentities( $string );
//or
echo highlight_string( '<?php' . $string . '?>' );
//where adding <?php is a trick to highlight non-php, if you dont
mind the php tags appearing.(u could kill them afterwards)

[harvey]

In article <11**********************@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups. com>,
ma********@gmail.com says...

On 11 May, 17:38, harvey <[e-mail]:

How do I get a text string that may contain HTML tags to
echo out to a web browser verbatim?

IE I want the tags to be printed out - not interpreted.

Thanks

$string = '<h1>likethis</h1>';

echo htmlentities( $string );
//or
echo highlight_string( '<?php' . $string . '?>' );
//where adding <?php is a trick to highlight non-php, if you dont
mind the php tags appearing.(u could kill them afterwards)

That was fast -
I am a bit red faced as I actually recognise that command but thought it
did something else !

Your second method is a new one to me - I will experiment with that.

thank you !

[shimmyshack]

On 11 May, 17:51, harvey <[e-mail]:

In article <[e-mail]. com>,
[e-mail] says...

On 11 May, 17:38, harvey <[e-mail]:

How do I get a text string that may contain HTML tags to
echo out to a web browser verbatim?

IE I want the tags to be printed out - not interpreted.

Thanks

$string = '<h1>likethis</h1>';

echo htmlentities( $string );
//or
echo highlight_string( '<?php' . $string . '?>' );
//where adding <?php is a trick to highlight non-php, if you dont
mind the php tags appearing.(u could kill them afterwards)

That was fast -
I am a bit red faced as I actually recognise that command but thought it
did something else !

Your second method is a new one to me - I will experiment with that.

thank you !

well i was too quick for my puny brain
it should be

highlight_string( '<?php ' . $string . ' ?>' );

of course!!