PHP implementation of simple syntax highlighting function example analysis_PHP tutorial

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function syntax_highlight($code){

// this matches --> "foobar" <--

$code = preg_replace(

'/"(.*?)"/U',

'"$1"', $code

);

// highlight functions and other structures like --> function foobar() <---

$code = preg_replace(

'/(s)b(.*?)((b|s)()/U',

'$1$2$3',

$code

);

// Match comments (like /* */):

$code = preg_replace(

'/(//)(. )s/',

'$0',

$code

);

$code = preg_replace(

'/(/*.*?*/)/s',

'$0',

$code

);

// hightlight braces:

$code = preg_replace('/((|[|{|}|]|)|->)/', '$1', $code);

// highlight variables $foobar

$code = preg_replace(

'/($[a-zA-Z0-9_] )/', '$1', $code

);

/* The b in the pattern indicates a word boundary, so only the distinct

** word "web" is matched, and not a word partial like "webbing" or "cobweb"

*/

// special words and functions

$code = preg_replace(

'/b(print|echo|new|function)b/',

'$1', $code

);

return $code;

}

/*example-start*/

/*

** Create some example PHP code:

*/

$example_php_code = '

// some code comment:

$example = "foobar";

print $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"];

$array = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);

function example_function($str) {

//reverse string

echo strrev($obj);

}

print example_function("foo");

/*

** A multiple line comment

*/

print "Something: " . $example;';

//output the formatted code:

print '

';</p>
            <p>print syntax_highlight($example_php_code);</p>
            <p>print '

/*example-end*/