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# highlight_string

(PHP 4 )

highlight_string -- Syntax highlighting of a string

## Description

mixed highlight_string ( string str [, bool return])

The highlight_string() function outputs a syntax highlighted version of `str` using the colors defined in the built-in syntax highlighter for PHP.

If the second parameter `return` is set to `TRUE` then highlight_string() will return the highlighted code as a string instead of printing it out. If the second parameter is not set to `TRUE` then highlight_string() will return `TRUE` on success, `FALSE` on failure.

> Note: The `return` parameter became available in PHP 4.2.0. Before this time it behaved like the default, which is `FALSE`

See also highlight_file(), and show_source().

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