php highlight html code 1

[tiamat2012]

Does anyone know an easy function or script to highlight html? I'm looking for something similar to the php highlight, except for HTML, and I know there are several packs of script that do this, but it seems like a lot more work than necessary, and would like a simpler way then uploading all that data.

-Kerry

 

[imryn]

I believe in you edit the php.ini file their should be a line for turning 'ON' html highlight.

imryn

 

[tiamat2012]

how would I do this if I didn't have access to php.ini? is there a file I can use to override?

-Kerry

 

[jpadie]

have a look at CHIP (

http://www.ewanmellor.org.uk/chip.html

).

you can see an example of this working on one of my sites:

http://www.tmogolf.co.uk/tektips/drtom/index.php?showsource

the php syntax highlighter is all or nothing for html. there is no syntax sensitivity within html. however imryn is right that you can specify the colour for html highlight in php.ini. if you don't have access the following code snip should work

ini_set("highlight.html = #00FFFF");//or whatever colour you want

 

[tiamat2012]

Ok cool, I'l look further into it.

I saw it before but it looked a bit complex, do you know if there are any tutorials regarding it? Or do I simply need to unzip the folders and do the same links you did?

I'm assuming you can customize the colors, line numbers, linespacing etc.?

Thank you very much,
Kerry

 

[jpadie]

fully customisable. in fact i have to play with the code a bit to make it work as it used $_SERVER['argv'] and argc for stuff that it wasn't getting from my servers, and i also wanted to use url file references. post back if you want my mod'ed version.

basically you just call the chip.php file and provide it with some query parameters. at its most basic

header ("Location:chip.php?file=filename.html");

although i prefer to occlude chip and use readfile to keep the user within my own page.

 

[tiamat2012]

Ok, I unzipped them all into my folder and tried just that line (except to index.html) and it gave me this:

file=index.html [] where is the name of the script to process; and can be any of file= where overrides any filename given earlier on the command line; dir= where specifies the directory where the CHIP CSS and JavaScript files are held (defaults to the empty string); title=); transition= where is a code for the page-entry transition, or -1 to disable transitions (defaults to 20); linenumbers= where is 0 to disable line numbers, or 1 to enable them (defaults to enabled); bcURL0= and bcTitle0=

Is this because of the same problem you had? ( I wouldn't mind using your version, there seems to be a lot of stuff. Do you know what file has the color management?)

Sincerely,
Kerry

 

[jpadie]

yes. same problem. i'll post back with a url where to find the relevant file. i need to tidy my fix up a bit for public use.

 

[jpadie]

download a fixed file from

http://www.tmogolf.co.uk/tektips/tiamat2012/chip.zip

this contains a fixed chip.php and chip-php.php. the latter needed fixing to capture shorttags (<?) as well as full php tags (<?php).

the former: i have cleaned up my fix to do least damage to the original code.
essentially:
1. unset $_SERVER['argc'] and ['argv']
2. change the $urlprefix such that it does not always default to an http file open (this will mean that the server will "serve" the file as parsed php rather than the source code). to get at the sourcecode I have added another query parameter called override. so to get the source of a file and display it inline:

readfile("chip.php?file=/path/to/file.php&linenumbers=1&override");

note, of course, that using the override parameter is a serious security risk. i would add some validation on incoming requests to make sure that they come from the localhost IP address.

 

[tiamat2012]

Thank you!

I downloaded an replaced the files, but I have a feeling I'm still missing something. Is there some readme or documentation on what I need to have in my file? I simple have a test.php file that contains

<?
readfile("chip.php?file=index.html&linenumbers=1&override");
?>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

and I have a feeling there is more to it than that. Also, on the security risk, is it because they could try to access any page with it?

Thank you very much,
Kerry

 

[tiamat2012]

I looked more into your code and changed the page a bit, but it still doesn't work and I think its because I'm missing the behind-the-scenes php. Here's my current code:

<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/chip/chip.css" title="CHIP"
      type="text/css" />
			<script type="text/javascript" src="/chip/rot13.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/chip/chip.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--

chipFilePath = 'index.html';
chipPlainPageAnchorText = '(Load index.html without formatting)';
chipEmailLabelPrefix = 'chip-rotemailaddress';
chipTopLinkLabel = 'chip-toplink';
chipBottomLinkLabel = 'chip-bottomlink';

  function chipOnload()
  {

    chipFixRotEmails();
    chipFixLinks();
  }

// -->
</script>
</head>
<body onload="javascript:chipOnload()">
<?php echo pageHeader(); ?>                                
    <pre>                                                      
    <?php process(); ?>                                        
    </pre>                                                     
<?php echo pageFooter(); ?> 
</body>
</html>

Note, index.html is the file I'm trying to do right now, and its in the same directory as this file.

Thanks,
Kerry

 

[jpadie]

even though it is in the same directory, you have to include the slash.

try (on the chip.php i put up for download)

readfile ("chip.php?file=/index.html&linenumbers=1&override");

 

[tiamat2012]

It said: Warning: readfile("chip/chip.php?file=/index.html&linenumbers=1&override") - Invalid argument in c:\phpdev\

http://www\resume\test2.php

on line 7

Note, this is a personal apache server... should I try on another php one?

this is my code

<html>
<head>
<title>Page title</title>
</head>
<body>
<? 
readfile ("chip.php?file=/index.html&linenumbers=1&override");
 ?>


</body>
</html>

Sincerely,
Kerry

 

[jpadie]

note sure what might be wrong. it won't be an apache thing.

note that as the file argument to the chip.php file you must give the path from the docroot, and NOT a relative path. it could be that it is failing for this reason although i also note that the error is reporting a different path to the code you have posted for the location of chip.php.

for the time being, why don't you try calling chip.php directly from the browser address bar. don't be put off by the http not found error if you have definitely typed in the address properly. the code sends this header when it can't find the file to highlight.

 

[tiamat2012]

Yes, that works! Well, partially, if you give:

http://localhost/resume/chip/chip.php?file=/resume/index.html&linenumbers=1

it works, but if I add the &override

http://localhost/resume/chip/chip.php?file=/resume/index.html&linenumbers=1&override

[b]Warning:[/b] fopen("//c:/phpdev/[URL unfurl="true"]www//resume/index.html",[/URL] "rb") - No such file or directory in [b]c:\phpdev\www\resume\chip\chip.php[/b] on line [b]1523[/b]

[b]Warning:[/b] Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at c:\phpdev\[URL unfurl="true"]www\resume\chip\chip.php:1523)[/URL] in [b]c:\phpdev\www\resume\chip\chip.php[/b] on line [b]1527[/b]
//c:/phpdev/[URL unfurl="true"]www//resume/index.html[/URL] not found

The other page still has the same error.

I think its a problem with readfile and permissions, but I'm not sure what it would be.

-Kerry

 

[tiamat2012]

Oh, I forgot to note, readfile("chip/chip.php"); works, while readfile("chip/chip.php?file=/resume/index.html"); comes up with the invalid arg error.

-Kerry

 

[jpadie]

my fault. the code is written for linux not windows. i'll post a variation later when i'm back at a pc. it's an easy fix.

 

[jpadie]

download a fixed file from

http://www.tmogolf.co.uk/tektips/tiamat2012/chip2.zip

this will work on windows and linux. it still requires an absolute path from the docroot.

 

[tiamat2012]

Ok did that... I still have the same error.

I found that it doesn't like it the second I put a ? in it, is it possible that it's trying to read the file without loading it first?

Is there a way I can get a better error message?

This is my page's code

<?php 

$filepath = "chip/chip.php?file=/resume/index.html";
readfile($filepath);

//phpinfo();
 ?>

btw, php 4.2.3 apache 1.3.27

Thank you for all your help

 

[jpadie]

could you try this:

$filepath = "[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.domain.com/path/to/chip/chip.php?file=/resume/index.html";[/URL]
readfile($filepath);

i.e. reference the chip.php as a url. that is how i always call the file. instead of doing it "inline" you can always, of course, use a

header("Location:$filepath");

to show a new page. but it does expose chip.php and with the override setting this could be a security hazard, allowing users to scoop passwords and file locations etc. this is why i prefer to use chip inline.