The show_source() function outputs a file with the PHP syntax highlighted.
Syntax
show_source(file, return)
Parameters
file − The file name to display.
return − If this parameter is set to true, this function will return the highlighted code as a string, instead of printing it out. Default is false.
Return
The show_source() function returns the highlighted code as a string instead of printing it, if the return parameter is set to true otherwise, it returns true on success, or false on failure.
Example
The following is an example, wherein we are using a test file ("new.php") to output the file with the PHP syntax highlighted.
<html>
<body>
<?php
show_source("new.php");
?>
</body>
</html>Output
The output of the browser.
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo ("new.php");
?>
</body>
</html>