XF 2.0 Show code(bbcode) on pages

[Russ]

I haven't really tried this before but... is there any way of using the Code BBCode on a normal page?

I have this:

<xf:include template="bb_code_tag_code">
    <xf:set var="$content"><span>this is code<b>should show with the html tags</b></span></xf:set>
</xf:include>

But it outputs as:


Rather than the desired output:

<span>this is code<b>should show with the html tags</b></span>

I can just use XMP tags for my purpose but I'm just curious if there's a solution to the above.

 

[Jeremy P]

You can wrap the string in [code] tags and use the bb_code() function:

{{ bb_code("[code]<span>this is code<b>should show with the html tags</b></span>[/code]", null, null) }}

Or you can escape the HTML when setting the variable using the escape filter:

<xf:include template="bb_code_tag_code">
    <xf:set var="$content">{{ "<span>this is code<b>should show with the html tags</b></span>"|escape }}</xf:set>
</xf:include>

Or if you use the self-closing form of <xf:set>, the value will be escaped automatically:

<xf:include template="bb_code_tag_code">
    <xf:set var="$content" value="<span>this is code<b>should show with the html tags</b></span>" />
</xf:include>