# PHP: how to color PHP code?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-how-to-color-php-code/262772>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [June 9, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-how-to-color-php-code/262772 "2008-06-09T19:08:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![imagined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@imagined](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/imagined)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-how-to-color-php-code/262772/1 "2008-06-09T19:08:07Z")

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There is PHP code I want to display. How would you go about to color code it?

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**Author:** ![simplistik](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/simplistik/32/7747_2.png) [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php-how-to-color-php-code/262772/2 "2008-06-09T19:09:39Z")

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ummm on here use the [noparse]

```php

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[/noparse] tags, but if you mean outside of here look up GeSHi  
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