PHP Syntax Highlighting

i wanted to do something like this...

ex.

$dbhost = "localhost";
$dbname = "DATABASE_NAME";
$dbuser = "USERNAME";
$dbpass = "PASSWORD";


^^ i want the PHP code to be highlighted even without the PHP tag ("<?php" "?>") is there a way to do that?

i think i could use the highlight_string() function, but how would i display huge chunk of code like the example above

something like this would work

<?php
$code = "echo \"Hello world!\";";
highlight_string($code);
?>


but thats only one a liner code..

anyone can help me out? thanx in advance

There's highlight_file(), but I don't know how/if removing your php tags will affect your output.

There's highlight_file(), but I don't know how/if removing your php tags will affect your output.

i tried highlight_file(), you need the php tag :(

How about stripping the open/close tags after highlighting?

LoL!, i was looking for this a while back, here is a link to a good highlighter you can modify, oh and you dont need the '<?php / ?>' tags, there optional!

Website (http://www.brainerror.net/media/scripts/php/highlight/highlight_code.php)