php – How to write code as an example, without running?

Question:

I'm translating a book to an HTML page, there are codes in the book, but how can I make my HTML display my code, HTML, PHP and JavaScript, without executing them?

Answer:

You need to escape the characters that cause your tags to be interpreted as HTML, the < and > .

For example, instead of:

<div>Teste</div>

use:

<div>Teste</div>

If you are using PHP, there is a function that does this, htmlentities :

echo htmlentities('<div>Teste</div>');

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In the case of PHP code, just output it without the initial <?php , and it won't be interpreted. If you want to include <?php in the example, use <?php .