Output a string with the PHP syntax highlighted:
The browser output of the code above will be:
The HTML output of the code above will be (View Source):
The highlight_string() function outputs a string with the PHP syntax highlighted. The string is highlighted by using HTML tags.
The colors used for highlighting can be set in the php.ini file or with the ini_set() function.
Parameter | Description |
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string | Required. Specifies the string to highlight |
return | Optional. If this parameter is set to TRUE, this function will return the highlighted code as a string, instead of printing it out. Default is FALSE |
Return Value: | Returns TRUE on success, or FALSE on failure |
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PHP Version: | 4+ |
Changelog: | The return parameter was added in PHP 4.2.0 |