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yiipress/highlighter
====================

Native PHP extension for fast server-side syntax highlighting with syntect

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 [ ![YiiPress Highlighter](./logo.svg) ](https://github.com/yiipress)

YiiPress Highlighter PHP Extension
==================================

[](#yiipress-highlighter-php-extension)

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The package provides a native PHP extension for fast server-side syntax highlighting powered by [syntect](https://github.com/trishume/syntect/).

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.1 - 8.5.
- [PIE](https://github.com/php/pie) to install the extension.
- On Linux and macOS: `cargo`, `phpize`, `php-config`, C compiler, and `make`.

Prebuilt Windows DLLs are attached to GitHub releases.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install the extension with PIE:

```
pie install yiipress/highlighter
```

PIE installs the native extension into the target PHP installation. If the extension is not enabled automatically, add it to your `php.ini`:

```
extension=highlighter
```

In an application, use Composer to declare that the extension must be available:

```
composer require ext-highlighter:*
```

Composer does not build or enable native PHP extensions, so `composer require yiipress/highlighter` is not an installation substitute for PIE.

General usage
-------------

[](#general-usage)

Highlight an HTML fragment containing code blocks in the form `...`:

```