Displaying HTML Code In A Wordpress Post <== PLEASE HELP!!!

I know what you're thinking... let me tell this guy about the dozens of plugins that are available to display HTML, PHP, etc. in your posts...

I have literally tried ALL of them. I don't want a fancy plugin with javascript and syntax highlighting and all that jazz. I just simply want to be able to display the code exactly as it's written.

I never use the crappy WYSIWYG editor with Wordpress, I always type all the code myself.

The best plugin I have come across is sem-code-fix. It's very short and lightweight. It works PERFECTLY... except...

When displaying HTML entities i.e.:

&nbsp;
&copy;
&reg;
etc. etc. etc.

It will convert them to their HTML equivalent.

The source code of this plugin is short enough, so Ill post it here:

add_filter('the_content','sem_fix_code','1');

function sem_fix_code($content) {
	return preg_replace_callback('!<code([^>]*)>(?:\r\n|\n|\r|)(.*?)(?:\r\n|\n|\r|)</code>!ims', 'sem_fix_code_callback', $content);
}

function sem_fix_code_callback($matches) {
	$escapedContent = $matches[2];
	$escapedContent = str_replace("<","&#60;",$escapedContent);
	$result = $result."<div class='code_child'>";
	$result = $result.$escapedContent."</div><br />";
	return $result;
}

PHP:

That's all there is to it! And it works like a charm. All I have to do is wrap my code in <code> </code> tags. The only thing that doesn't work is that it will not display HTML entities exactly as I type them.

I have tried adding the <pre> </pre> tags before and after the <code> tags to no avail.

I am REALLY pulling my hair out over this- something that seems so simple but ends up becoming so difficult!

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The reason I posted the source code of the plugin Im using is because I would like to continue using the same plugin. I was hoping someone here would be able to find a way to tweak something in it in order to prevent HTML entities from being translated.

HELP PLEASE!

Any assistance would be GREATLY aprpeciated!

 

I just noticed that when I made the above post, the PHP code that is displayed to you above did exactly what Im trying to prevent. It converted an HTML entity to a < character.