Display Code as Code and Not as executable script

I have c开发者_如何学Created a form maker somewhat like Formtorch for codeigniter. The form consists of 6 text boxes that when submitted go to a php file for execution via ajax. Everything works except for my display. This is what I want to display as code and not as executable script. The idea is to simply copy and paste this to quickly make a form.

<p>
   <label for="<?php $v1;?>"><?php echo $v1;?></label>       
   <input type="text" name="<?php $v1;?>" id="<?php $v1;?>" />       
   <label class="error" id="<?php $v1;?>">This field is required</label>
</p>

As you might expect, when this is returned to the Ajax success script it comes out as labels and input boxes. My ajax display is like this:

 success: function(msg){
             if(msg){
                $('#display').html(msg).show();
             }else{
                $('#display').text("nothing came back");
             }
        }       

As stated above the ajax submit and display work perfectly except for the format. I have tried < code >, < pre >. If I switch the html in success to text I get an unformated jumble of text. Any ideas? This is on localhost so I cant show you the page

Formtorch http://formtorch.geekhut.org/

Thank you

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You have to replace all the < and > characters with < and >

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Everything between < and > is interpreted as a HTML tag, you need to escape it to < and > respectively, for example using $().text();.