# Test - don't read

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-read/103935>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 16, 2002, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-read/103935 "2002-04-16T13:34:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-read/103935/41 "2002-05-16T03:22:15Z")

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```php
what is PHP?

```

Sorry, clueless person here but how do they do that spoiler thing? And…what is it for? 😕

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-read/103935/42 "2002-05-16T04:25:09Z")

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[ul]  
[li]Ignore[/li][li]this[/li][li]post[/li][/ul]  
T E S T

T e s t

stv :wally:

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-read/103935/43 "2002-05-16T04:30:14Z")

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**LolaBaby** , you type {spoiler} **text** {/spoiler} to get the spoiler box, using [square brackets], of course.

stv

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**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-read/103935/44 "2002-05-16T06:43:22Z")

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_doo doo!_

Thanks, **stv**. 😃

Now, what is the purpose of that php stuff?

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**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-read/103935/45 "2002-05-16T06:44:34Z")

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doo doo!

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-read/103935/46 "2002-05-16T18:07:52Z")

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The php tag is a varient of the code tag, which is used to ensure that things like computer code dispay correctly. Since much of this board is written in a language called php, the programmers thought it was pretty important, so created a special version of the code tag to color-code php code in what is presumably a sensible manner to anyone who knows php. Of course, if you put something other than php code into such a tag, it’ll get confused, and display who-knows-what colors.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-read/103935/47 "2002-05-16T18:58:48Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by LolaBaby \*  
> how do they do that spoiler thing? And…what is it for?

You should read the two FAQ sticky threads in this forum.

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**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-read/103935/48 "2002-05-17T00:36:47Z")

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Test:

^;)^

^:)^

^:confused:^

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**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-read/103935/49 "2002-05-17T11:10:11Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by flowbark \*  
> \*\*Test:
> 
> ^;)^
> 
> ^:)^
> 
> ^:confused:^ \*\*

Mountain passes?

```auto

[symbol]abcdefg oogly boogly lalalala hehaho[/symbol]

```

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**Author:** ![Latte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Latte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latte)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-dont-read/103935/50 "2002-05-19T02:45:48Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by flowbark \*  
> \*\*Test:
> 
> ^;)^
> 
> ^:)^
> 
> ^:confused:^ \*\*

Quite emotional spiders?  
Gods, this is fun.

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