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ob_end_clean
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
ob_end_clean — Clean (erase) the contents of the active output buffer and turn it off
Parameters
This function has no parameters.
Return Values
Returns [true](reserved.constants.php#constant.true) on success or [false](reserved.constants.php#constant.false) on failure.
Errors/Exceptions
If the function fails it generates an [E_NOTICE](errorfunc.constants.php#constant.e-notice).
Examples
The following example shows an easy way to get rid of the contents of the active output buffer:
Example #1 ob_end_clean() example
<?php ob_start(); echo 'Text that won\'t get displayed.'; ob_end_clean(); ?>
See Also
- ob_start() - Turn on output buffering
- ob_get_contents() - Return the contents of the output buffer
- ob_clean() - Clean (erase) the contents of the active output buffer
- ob_get_clean() - Get the contents of the active output buffer and turn it off
- ob_end_flush() - Flush (send) the return value of the active output handler and turn the active output buffer off
Found A Problem?
Sam Yong - hellclanner at live dot com ¶
14 years ago
`Take note that if you change zlib output compression setting in between ob_start and ob_end_clean or ob_end_flush, you will get an error: ob_end_flush() failed to delete buffer zlib output compression
Example:
ob_end_clean(); in this example will throw the error.
`
20 years ago
`Note that if you started called ob_start with a callback, that callback will still be called even if you discard the OB with ob_end_clean.
Because there is no way of removing the callback from the OB once you've set it, the only way to stop the callback function from having any effect is to do something like:
`