Printing out HTML & PHP on paper, but colour coded

[XA04]

Basicly I have to make a website for my coursework at school, but since I've been doing it over the summer holidays and not in school, I'm going to print the source out along with the rendered page. I can print the code out ok, but it's easier to read when it's colour coded (you know how it looks in Macromedia Dreamweaver?).

So does anyone know of any free software to print this out in colour? This is HTML AND PHP.

Thanks.

[Dougal]

Linux is your fwiend.

The standard editor in Linux lets you colour code and mark about 15 different languages iirc.

Worked fine for C++

[XA04]

Yes.......... but does it PRINT it out coloured?

[Iain]

www.editplus.com

[TiG]

Editplus2 does. Very good for the languages i use. XML, VXML, SQL, VB, C++, and various other specific telephony ones i use.

Good minds think alike Iain

[Dougal]

Yes.......... but does it PRINT it out coloured?

YES

Otherwise I wouldn't have reccomended it

[XA04]

Rightio, thanks guys.

Dougal: OK, thanks. I'll be using editplus though because I don't have Linux installed right now, but will keep it in mind for the future, thanks again .

[seanblee]

For PHP code, take a look at http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/functio...light-file.php - just stick a file on your webspace named highlight.php containing:

<?php
highlight_file($_GET['file']);
?>

then you can call to it with http://YOURWEBSPACE/highlight.php?file=xxxx and it'll give you a pretty formatted coloured output you can just print straight from your browser.
HTH.

[dredd]

You could use emacs for windows which provides syntax highlighting for just about any programming/development language. Plus it has a huge support community.

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html

[XA04]

For PHP code, take a look at http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/functio...light-file.php - just stick a file on your webspace named highlight.php containing:

<?php
highlight_file($_GET['file']);
?>

then you can call to it with http://YOURWEBSPACE/highlight.php?file=xxxx and it'll give you a pretty formatted coloured output you can just print straight from your browser.
HTH.

Intresting, thanks.

[Spud1]

i think textpad lets youdo this...cant remember 100% and dont have a printer plugged in atm to test, but i'm pretty sure it can do it.

[TheAnimus]

For PHP code, take a look at http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/functio...light-file.php - just stick a file on your webspace named highlight.php containing:

<?php
highlight_file($_GET['file']);
?>

then you can call to it with http://YOURWEBSPACE/highlight.php?file=xxxx and it'll give you a pretty formatted coloured output you can just print straight from your browser.
HTH.

sean's example (sorry dude, still come pub tommorow yeh?)
Is very dangerous in that form, PHP often has passwords and other goodies stored in the source files (PHP is inherently insecure, see number of forum 'hacks'). So stuff like SQL passwords can be got. But more serious if you have a private area on the site, odds are theres a bug in your code that leaves u vunerable to injection and overflow attacks (if you don't know what those mean, your most definatly vunerable to them). As such hiding ur source is rather important.

You can use a reg exp, to only allow certain characters for file names, otherwise some nasty person might abuse it.

[XA04]

sean's example (sorry dude, still come pub tommorow yeh?)
Is very dangerous in that form, PHP often has passwords and other goodies stored in the source files (PHP is inherently insecure, see number of forum 'hacks'). So stuff like SQL passwords can be got. But more serious if you have a private area on the site, odds are theres a bug in your code that leaves u vunerable to injection and overflow attacks (if you don't know what those mean, your most definatly vunerable to them). As such hiding ur source is rather important.

You can use a reg exp, to only allow certain characters for file names, otherwise some nasty person might abuse it.

Yeah. I know it's dangerous

[Dorza]

Jedit also prints in colour. It needs to be restarted for the settings to take palce. Wish i knew this a couple of days back, would have suggested this then.

[seanblee]

Yeah. I know it's dangerous

Besides which, if it's only for printing out coursework, you can stick it up there, print all the files you need and then delete it again - I wasn't suggesting leaving it up there permanently. Any mechanism which exposes the source code of an application leaves it vulnerable to exploitation - one of the most-given disadvantages (or advantages depending on your viewpoint) of open source!

[Matteh]

also if you are using word or something to do you work you can copy the displayed color stuff in ie/ff and just paste it into word and it will keap its color.