Re: [PHP-DEV] Clearing the PHP Output Buffer From: Andrei Zmievski (andrei <email protected>)
Date: 04/18/00

On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Faisal Nasim wrote:
> Can I count the number of bytes in the output buffer?
> Or perhaps get a whole copy into a scalar?

$res = ob_get_contents();
strlen($res);

> Am I right that PHP doesn't keep the buffered output,
> but the OS does it for PHP?

No, PHP keeps its own output buffer.

-Andrei

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