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<refentry xml:id="function.highlight-string" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>highlight_string</refname>
  <refpurpose>Syntax highlighting of a string</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>mixed</type><methodname>highlight_string</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>str</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>return</parameter><initializer>false</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <simpara>
   Outputs or returns a syntax highlighted version of the given PHP code
   using the colors defined in the built-in syntax highlighter for PHP.
  </simpara>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>str</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The PHP code to be highlighted. This should include the opening tag.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>return</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Set this parameter to &true; to make this function return the
       highlighted code.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   If <parameter>return</parameter> 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.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <para>
   <informaltable>
    <tgroup cols="2">
     <thead>
      <row>
       <entry>&Version;</entry>
       <entry>&Description;</entry>
      </row>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
      <row>
       <entry>4.2.0</entry>
       <entry>
        The <parameter>return</parameter> parameter was added.
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>highlight_string</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
highlight_string('<?php phpinfo(); ?>');
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    <para>
     The above example will output (in PHP 4):
    </para>
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
<code><font color="#000000">
<font color="#0000BB">&lt;?php phpinfo</font><font color="#007700">(); </font><font color="#0000BB">?&gt;</font>
</font>
</code>
]]>
    </screen>
    <para>
     The above example will output (in PHP 5):
    </para>
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
<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>
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="notes">
  &reftitle.notes;
  &note.uses-ob;
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>highlight_file</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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