Display c++ code in php

I am trying to display the contents of a .cpp file in php. I am loading it using fread when I print it out it comes out formatted incorrectly. How can I keep the format without escaping each character?

From stackoverflow

• print it out between the HTML <pre> & <code> tags.

  DHamrick : This is what I needed. But how do I get it to display The #include correctly?

  DHamrick : all it displays is #include and then skips the part

  John T :

  #include <stdio.h>

• Assuming you want to look at it in a web browser:

  <pre>
      <code>
          <?php echo htmlspecialchars(file_get_contents($file)); ?>
      </code>
  </pre>
  

  deceze : In fact, the above code snippet is displayed using a `

  ` block...
                                      

  avakar : Note that it's wise to escape special characters like `<`, `>` and `&`.

  deceze : @avakar: Very true, updated answer to reflect that.

• <?php
  
  echo "<pre><code>";
  $filename = "./test.cpp";
  $handle = fopen($filename, "r");
  
  if ($handle) {
      while (!feof($handle)) {
          $buffer = fgets($handle, 4096); // assuming max line len is 4096.
          echo htmlspecialchars($buffer);
      }
      fclose($handle);
  }
  echo "</code></pre>";
  
  ?>
  

  We need htmlspecialchars function to print it out correctly.