// do we have an opening <? tag?
		if (!preg_match('#<\?#si', $code))
		{
			// if not, replace leading newlines and stuff in a <?php tag and a closing tag at the end
			$code = "<?php BEGIN__VBULLETIN__CODE__SNIPPET $code \r\nEND__VBULLETIN__CODE__SNIPPET ?>";
			$addedtags = true;
		}
		else
		{
			$addedtags = false;
		}

		// highlight the string
		$oldlevel = error_reporting(0);
		$code = highlight_string($code, true);
		error_reporting($oldlevel);

		// if we added tags above, now get rid of them from the resulting string
		if ($addedtags)
		{
			$search = array(
				'#&lt;\?php( |&nbsp;)BEGIN__VBULLETIN__CODE__SNIPPET( |&nbsp;)#siU',
				'#(<(span|font)[^>]*>)&lt;\?(</\\2>(<\\2[^>]*>))php( |&nbsp;)BEGIN__VBULLETIN__CODE__SNIPPET( |&nbsp;)#siU',
				'#END__VBULLETIN__CODE__SNIPPET( |&nbsp;)\?(>|&gt;)#siU'
			);
			$replace = array(
				'',
				'\\4',
				''
			);

			$code = preg_replace($search, $replace, $code);
		}