highlight_file()

highlight_file - Syntax highlighting of a file

Syntax

mixed highlight_file (string $filename, bool $return)

Arguments

• filename - Path to the PHP file to be highlighted.
• return - Set this parameter to TRUE to make this function return the highlighted code.

Description

Prints out or returns a syntax highlighted version of the code contained in filename using the colors defined in the built-in syntax highlighter for PHP.

Version

PHP 4, 5

Return value

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.