Using PHP code – it changes itself

I have had issues editing text in WP forever: spacing, returns and such done in the Visual tab dont translate to the Html, or vice versa. But that is something i can live with (although VERy annoying).

Now, my BIG problem is that if i need to use some php coding for conditional (i need some coding not available in shortcodes), the typing is changing when i switch from HTML to visual and back to HTML. Here is an example:

<input type="hidden" name="invoice" value="” />
becomes

(no idea why ‘name’ and ‘type’ were switched either)

becomes:
<!–?php } ?–>

I have the PHP Execution plugin to allow those PHP codes in the posts/pages but not sure it does what it is supposed to do if the php codes changes like that. This is a horrible behavior when i need to use php code for s2M conditionals. I got a code to create a custom ccaps with the time of a particular transaction. It works. We tested it, but now, to use the php conditional to check on the particular condition, the code does not seem to “stick”.

It happens on my computer and my developper’s computer too. I tried to removed the theme, and it didn’t help. This means that the code might work when first published but if the page is edited at any moment, it wont work anymore.

HELP!

This is a problem with the WordPress Visual Editor. It happens with everyone who uses a plugin that allows inserting PHP code in WordPress posts/pages.

If you’re going to be inserting PHP code, you must never use the Visual Editor. That’s really the only solution: Never use the Visual Editor. (You can disable the Visual Editor on your account by editing your WordPress profile and disabling it.)

Yikes! Considering that i am just about allergic to html and cannot code anything on my own, this is a tall order! Well, at least i know there IS a solution and i am not hallucinating!
Thanks anyways.

The only way to use the visual editor when you want to use PHP code in the post, is to do all the visual part first and then switch to the HTML editor to paste the PHP code, and never go back to the visual one or it’ll mess up your code.

I can live with that, since i know why that was happening.
Maybe someone can fix that in WP and make lots of users happy!