highlight_string
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
highlight_string -- Syntax highlighting of a string
Description
mixed
highlight_string ( string str [, bool return] )
The highlight_string() function outputs a syntax highlighted version of str using the colors defined in the built-in syntax highlighter for PHP.
If the second parameter return is set to TRUE then highlight_string() will return the highlighted code as a string instead of printing it out. If the second parameter is not set to TRUE then highlight_string() will return TRUE on success, FALSE on failure.
Example 1. highlight_string() example <?php
highlight_string('<?php phpinfo(); ?>');
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The above example will output (in PHP 4): <code><font color="#000000"> <font color="#0000BB"><?php phpinfo</font><font color="#007700">(); </font><font color="#0000BB">?></font> </font> </code> |
The above example will output (in PHP 5): <code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php phpinfo</span><span style="color: #007700">(); </span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code> |
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Note: The return parameter became available in PHP 4.2.0. Before this time it behaved like the default, which is FALSE
See also highlight_file().