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PHP highlight_string () function

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Examples

The string of PHP syntax highlighting:

<html>
<body>
<?php
highlight_string("Hello world! <?php phpinfo(); ?>");
?>
</body>
</html>

Browser output of the code above is as follows:

Hello world! <?php phpinfo (); ?>

HTML output of the code above is as follows (view source):

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

Running instance »

Definition and Usage

highlight_string () function strings PHP syntax highlighting. String by using HTML tags highlighted.

Color used to highlight the php.ini file can be set or by calling ini_set () function set.


grammar

highlight_string( string,return )

参数 描述
string 必需。规定要高亮显示的字符串。
return 可选。如果该参数设置为 TRUE,该函数将以字符串形式返回高亮显示的代码,而不是直接进行输出。默认是 FALSE。

technical details

return value: If successful it returns TRUE, on failure returns FALSE.
PHP version: 4+
Update log: Added in PHP 4.2.0 The return parameter.


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