Flush the output buffer, return it as a string and turn off output buffering (original) (raw)

ob_get_flush

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)

ob_get_flush — Flush the output buffer, return it as a string and turn off output buffering

Description

ob_get_flush ( void ) : string

The output buffer must be started byob_start() with PHP_OUTPUT_HANDLER_FLUSHABLE flag. Otherwise ob_get_flush() will not work.

Note: This function is similar to ob_end_flush(), except that this function also returns the buffer as a string.

Return Values

Returns the output buffer or FALSE if no buffering is active.

Examples

Example #1 ob_get_flush() example

<?php //using output_buffering=On print_r(ob_list_handlers());//save buffer in a file $buffer = ob_get_flush(); file_put_contents('buffer.txt', $buffer);print_r(ob_list_handlers()); ?>

The above example will output:

Array ( [0] => default output handler ) Array ( )

See Also