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Nov 09 2008

How To Use The PHP Output Buffer

Posted by: admin in PHP, tags: , ,

I typically use the PHP output buffer to either change the output going to a page, or retrieve the output and direct it to a file.

For example, consider the following:

  1. // start buffering the output
  2. <?php
  3. ob_start();
  4. // echo a possible mysql_error if it exists
  5. if (mysql_error() ) echo mysql_error();
  6. // get the buffered output and clean/stop the buffering
  7. $buffered_output = ob_get_clean();
  8. // save the output to a logfile - append if file exists
  9. file_put_contents("mysql.log.txt",$buffered_output,FILE_APPEND);
  10. ?>

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