I wrote a syntax highlighter in PHP

I tell you the story about why and how I wrote a package called tempest/highlight (https://github.com/tempestphp/highlight). A fast and extensible code highlighter for the web and terminal, written in PHP.

When I was running into problems with existing highlighters, I figured: how hard can it be to format some text?

This is an inspirational talk to highlight what can be accomplished with PHP, when you dare to think outside the box.

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Session info:

Speaker: Brent Roose

Developer Advocate for PHP at JetBrains

Date: 21 March 2025

Time: 11:50 - 12:20

Relevant tags:
Backend PHP

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