highlight_string
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
highlight_string — Syntax highlighting of a string
Description
mixed highlight_string
(
string $str
[,
bool $return
] )
Outputs or returns a syntax highlighted version of the given PHP code
using the colors defined in the built-in syntax highlighter for PHP.
Parameters
-
str
-
The PHP code to be highligthed. This should include the opening tag.
-
return
-
Set this parameter to TRUE to make this function return the
highlighted code.
Return Values
If return
is set to TRUE, returns the highlighted
code as a string instead of printing it out. Otherwise, it will return
TRUE on success, FALSE on failure.
Examples
Example #1 highlight_string() example
<?php
highlight_string('<?php phpinfo(); ?>');
?>
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>
Notes
Note: This function uses internal output buffering
with this parameter so it can not be used inside an
ob_start() callback function.
Load balance : Server 05
