Title: Example with PHP doesn't work
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Example with PHP doesn't work

 *  [huyz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/huyz/)
 * (@huyz)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/example-with-php-doesnt-work/)
 * Example 1 from [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-syntax/other_notes/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-syntax/other_notes/)
   with the PHP code block doesn’t work.
 * Here’s what I get:
    [http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4024/screenshot20110704at658.png](http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4024/screenshot20110704at658.png)
 * Here’s what it’s supposed to look like:
    [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-syntax/screenshots/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-syntax/screenshots/)
 * WordPress just nukes the code.

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 *  Thread Starter [huyz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/huyz/)
 * (@huyz)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/example-with-php-doesnt-work/#post-2163891)
 * I give up.
    Using `<pre>` tags in WordPress is dangerous. WordPress messes it
   all up.
 * The plugin should use shortcodes instead.
 * I’m switching to [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/)

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