php man page for highlight_string

HIGHLIGHT_STRING(3)							 1						       HIGHLIGHT_STRING(3)

highlight_string - Syntax highlighting of a string

SYNOPSIS
       mixed highlight_string (string  $str, [bool  $return = false])

DESCRIPTION
	Outputs  or  returns  html  markup  for a syntax highlighted version of the given PHP code using the colors defined in the built-in syntax
       highlighter for PHP.

PARAMETERS
	      o $str
		- The PHP code to be highlighted. This should include the opening tag.

	      o $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(3) example

	      <?php
	      highlight_string('<?php phpinfo(); ?>');
	      ?>

	       The above example will output (in PHP 4):

	      <code><font color="#000000">
	      <font color="#0000BB">&lt;?php phpinfo</font><font color="#007700">(); </font><font color="#0000BB">?&gt;</font>
	      </font>
	      </code>

	       The above example will output (in PHP 5):

	      <code><span style="color: #000000">
	      <span style="color: #0000BB">&lt;?php phpinfo</span><span style="color: #007700">(); </span><span style="color: #0000BB">?&gt;</span>
	      </span>
	      </code>

NOTES
       Note

	      When the $return parameter is used, this function uses internal output buffering so it cannot be used inside an ob_start(3) callback
	      function.

	The HTML markup generated is subject to change.

SEE ALSO
       highlight_file(3), Highlighting INI directives.

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