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<h1 class="refname">highlight_string</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">highlight_string</span> — <span class="dc-title">Syntax highlighting of a string</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.highlight-string-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>highlight_string</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$str</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">bool</span> <code class="parameter">$return</code><span class="initializer"> = <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong></span></span>
] )</div>
<p class="simpara">
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.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.highlight-string-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">str</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The PHP code to be highlighted. This should include the opening tag.
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</dd>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">return</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Set this parameter to <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> to make this function return the
highlighted code.
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</dd>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.highlight-string-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
If <code class="parameter">return</code> is set to <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong>, returns the highlighted
code as a string instead of printing it out. Otherwise, it will return
<strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success, <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.highlight-string-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-4669">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>highlight_string()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />highlight_string</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'<?php phpinfo(); ?>'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
<div class="example-contents screen">
<div class="cdata"><pre>
<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>
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.highlight-string-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <p class="para">When the <code class="parameter">return</code> parameter
is used, this function uses internal output buffering so it cannot be used inside an
<span class="function"><a href="function.ob-start.html" class="function">ob_start()</a></span> callback function.</p></p></blockquote>
<p class="para">
The HTML markup generated is subject to change.
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.highlight-string-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.highlight-file.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">highlight_file()</a> - Syntax highlighting of a file</span></li>
<li class="member"><a href="misc.configuration.html#ini.syntax-highlighting" class="link">Highlighting INI directives</a></li>
</ul>
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