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.
Note: This function internally uses the
output buffering with this parameter so it can not be used inside
ob_start() callback function.
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().
