Trying to remove the <code> tag fom within [php] tags

[BradAI]

I'm trying to edit the [code], [html], and [php] bbcode tags to appear the same but keep the nice coloration in the [html] and [php] ones. The [code] and [html] bbcode is working perfectly. [php] is not, as I'll explain below.

All three of the templates are identical except for the $vbphrase[X]. For the sake of demonstration, let's say they all look like this:

<div>$vbphrase[php_code]:</div>
	<div>$code</div>

The problem I'm having is that when a page is being generated, the [php] tag is for some mysterious reason inserting an extra set of <code> brackets around the contents.

So, if a user posts this:

[php]hello[/php]

vBulletin's code generates and displays this:

<div>PHP Code:</div>
	<div><code><font color="#000000">
<font color="#0000BB">hello&nbsp;
<br /></font>
</font>
</code></div>

Where did those <code> tags come from? They're not in my templates, as I showed above, and I can't figure out where they are being added in any of vBulletin's PHP code.

Help?

This happens in both 3.0.9 and 3.5.0. I doubt this has been fixed in 3.5.1, but if it has, just say so. This bug is keeping me from upgrading my site to vB 3.5.x because I want to finish the new templates before pushing the upgrade.

Thanks in advance!

[BradAI]

Well, I found my answer. It looks like vBulletin is just calling the PHP method highlight_string() to do the grunt work and highlight_string() just does a shoddy job with the HTML. *sigh*

So, I'm trying to add a few extra lines to the preg_replace() call in the handle_bbcode_php() method that strips off those ugly <code> tags and unnecessary line breaks.