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( feyd | If this is your first time reading this thread, please make sure to read the entire thread. )

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PHPDN's General Posting Guidelines - Should be read first thing.
Asking Smart Questions - How and how not to ask questions.
Boards Search System - Should be used prior to asking questions. Alot of the questions have allready been asked and answered.
PHP Starter Pack - Fundamental PHP Know-How - Tutorial is aimed at people taking their first steps with php. (By McGruff)

· Tweaks during post:

Short/Long PHP tags in code:


With the above quote in mind, take a moment and think about on how you write code. If you use the short-tag version when typing, you must realize that the code might not work properly at all times. If I personally would copy-n'-paste code using short-tags, the result would be unpleasant because of the setting above.

I, as many others, use the long-tag version due to the fact that this works everywhere. If you spend hours/days/months creating your perfect application you would not like it to break if you switch hosting server... Just a friendly warning.



The use of tags:

Please, use the [syntax="php" ]YOUR PHP CODE HERE[ /syntax] tags around php code posted in the forum and [code ]YOUR RESULT HERE[ /code ] as preferred tags to show examples of output, code results. For plain SQL queries (not embedded into the php code) use the [syntax="sql" ]YOUR SQL QUERY HERE[ /syntax]
Not just is this posts easier to read, it will also make people actually read the post instead of ignoring it. For more indepth reading on these custom tags, continue reading the thread or skip down directly to feyd's post on the subject.

Bad Example, no tags:

<?php
echo 'Hi!';
?>

Good Example, with tags:



Example of good courtesy, showing code, result and an example providing database layout in good manners:

My code is:The result I get is:

ahhhhhhhhhhmen JAM.

Such great advice for those asking questions/answering. Most people wont even read a script consisitng of < 10 lines if they arent in tags.

Excellent idea JAM, all i have done recently is move posts and tell people to use the BBCode!

Mark

Thanks to everyone who complies with this wonderful suggestion.


It makes it that much more easy and helpful to people who want to offer their time to you to solve your particular problem.

STOP READING NOW.

feyd's

becomes:



Line Number Offset

[php=20]<?php
echo 'This is a test of line number offset';
?>

becomes:



Labeling

[php="foo.php"]<?php
echo 'This is to show the new labeling feature.';
?>

becomes:



another example, note how the quotes are usually optional:

[php=bar.php]<?php
echo 'Another example of labeling.';
?>

becomes:


Labeling and Number Offset

[php=foo.php|224]<?php
// this is an example of labeling and number offset
?>

becomes:



An example of a very long line:


becomes:
finally got IE to work again..


A final, complex example:

turns into:
[php=\"http://foo.com/foo.php?this+is+an+example=of%34a+complex+setup\"|42]<?php
preg_match_all('#</?(font|span)?^>]*?>#i',$block?'highlight'],$fonts);

$fonts = $fonts?0];
$color_names = array_keys($colors);
$color_values = array_values($colors);
foreach($fonts as $k => $font)
{
$fonts?$k] = '#'.preg_quote($font,'#').'#';
if($font{1} != '/')
{
preg_match('@color\s*?:=]\s*&quote;?\s*(#?0-9A-F]{6}|#?0-9A-F]{3}|?a-z0-9-]+)@i',$font,$match);
$rep?$k] = '<span class=&quote;'.$color_names?(($p = array_search($match?1],$color_values)) !== false ? $p : 0)].'&quote;>';
}
else
$rep?$k] = '</span>';
}
?>