Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=80793&edit=1
ID: 80793
Updated by: requinix@php.net
Reported by: icarosnet at gmail dot com
Summary: highlight_string
Status: Not a bug
Type: Bug
Package: Unknown/Other Function
Operating System: all
PHP Version: Irrelevant
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
> you simply have to change the span tag for the php
Actually no, it is not that simple.
But you're missing the point. This isn't a matter of whether it *can* be done. This is a
matter of whether it *should* be done. Syntax highlighting is complicated and PHP's built-in
functionality serves the purpose as quickly as it can to some minimumm extent. Good highlighting
should allow for more customization than just the four categories PHP has (string, comment, keyword,
html), possibly even doing a certain amount of lexing beyond the initial tokenization, and
that's a lot of work to ask from the core developers for a feature that, honestly, doesn't
get used much.
This is best solved by a third-party library.
If you still feel strongly that this functionality needs to be added/improved within PHP itself,
check out the RFC process.
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto
Previous Comments:
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[2021-02-24 04:44:35] icarosnet at gmail dot com
well, I don't know if you can do it, to include this request in a vote, to see if they take it
out within PHP. It seems to me that it would be the same as with html, you simply have to change the
span tag for the php escapes in opening and closing, I would do it but I don't have access ...
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[2021-02-24 04:36:11] requinix@php.net
Terminal coloring varies by terminal and operating system, though cmd in Windows 10 now seems to
support the common ANSI \e[ sequences so that helps.
With a small amount of creativity, you can alter the string returned by highlight_string() to use
the proper escape sequences.
Otherwise, if there isn't already a library out there to do this for you (and I'm 95% sure
there is), the internals behind highlight_string() are not complicated so you could do it yourself
using token_get_all().
https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/PHP-8.0.3/Zend/zend_highlight.c#L84
Because honestly, this sort of thing really is best handled by a library rather than bundled into
PHP.
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[2021-02-24 04:19:47] icarosnet at gmail dot com
I am interested in this feature to run in cli, because i want implement in other of library: https://github.com/arcanisgk/BOH-Basic-Output-Handler
currently only works on web, but if "highlight_string" works correctly in CLI I can extend
the support.
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[2021-02-24 04:13:24] icarosnet at gmail dot com
i have check the php.init setting and only have this commented:
; Colors for Syntax Highlighting mode. Anything that's acceptable in
; <span style="color: ???????"> would work.
; http://php.net/syntax-highlighting
;highlight.string = #DD0000
;highlight.comment = #FF9900
;highlight.keyword = #007700
;highlight.default = #0000BB
;highlight.html = #000000
the problem, not the limitation that php has in CLI is that "highlight_string" returns
html code even when run from a terminal. is there a way to do it or recreate it for CLI?
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[2021-02-24 03:59:39] requinix@php.net
Check your highlight.* php.ini settings.
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