Thread: PHP or CODE tags?

Simple question, which do you like more:

PHP Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
     cout << "Hello world!" << endl;
     return 0;
} 


Or

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
     cout << "Hello world!" << endl;
     return 0;
}

Which do you find easier to read? I personally prefer PHP tags simply because of the sytax highlighting, but I want to know what everyone else likes.

I like the ay the PHP tags look but I'm always expecting to see PHP after them for some reason. I vote stick with the CODE tags unless you write really messy code and the syntax highlighting is the only way we can read it.

If you like the syntax highlighting but don't like the php coloring, try this:
http://www.codeguru.com/samples/SyntaxHlt.html

I think it can be configured to do what you want but out of the box it looks like this:

Code:

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
     // With a comment.
     cout << "Hello world!" << endl;
     return 0;
}

I think that looks best, but I personally like no colors better than PHP colors.

Ok, so what exactly don't you like about the PHP tags, the colours used or because they don't highlight C++ keywords like int and char?

PHP sytax colours can be configured in php.ini, so if thats why no one likes them I guess we could ask the webmaster to change them. I agree they're not the best choice of colours, but I find it very difficult to read 50-100 lines of code in plain black and white, so for me any sort of highlights are better than none.

i dont like the PHP tags. if you have trouble reading the black and white code, why not just cut and past it into an editor to view it?

They should make C-tags and change the colors preferably like visual studio is set