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ob_get_clean

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)

ob_get_cleanGet current buffer contents and delete current output buffer

Description

string ob_get_clean ( void )

Gets the current buffer contents and delete current output buffer.

ob_get_clean() essentially executes both ob_get_contents() and ob_end_clean().

Return Values

Returns the contents of the output buffer and end output buffering. If output buffering isn't active then FALSE is returned.

Examples

Example #1 A simple ob_get_clean() example

<?php

ob_start
();

echo 
"Hello World";

$out ob_get_clean();
$out strtolower($out);

var_dump($out);
?>

The above example will output:


string(11) "hello world"

See Also



ob_get_contents> <ob_flush
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ob_get_clean
profix at cms-studio dot net
10-Jul-2008 12:01
Maybe it can be useful

$__ob_stack=array();

function ob_break() {
global $__ob_stack;
while (ob_get_level()>0)
  array_push($__ob_stack,ob_get_clean());
}

function ob_continue() {
global $__ob_stack;
while (count($__ob_stack)>0) {
  ob_start();
  echo array_pop($__ob_stack);
  }
}

ob_start();
echo "1"; // now we write to "ob" buffer
ob_break();
echo "2"; // now we write to stdout
ob_continue();
echo "3"; // now we write again to "ob" buffer
$output=ob_get_clean();
echo $output;

// output is 213
egbert teeselink
02-Feb-2008 01:47
If you're trying to capture the output from an included 3rd party script you don't seem to be capturing everything, the following might help:

function ob_end_clean_all()
{
    $s = "";
    do
    {
        $s = ob_get_contents() . $s;
    } while(ob_end_clean());
    return $s;
}

This function closes all nested output bufferings, therefore closing any buffers that the included script does not explicitly close. It's basically a ob_end_clean that sweeps together all the output buffers instead of just the innermost one.
ludvig dot ericson at gmail dot com
10-Aug-2005 12:10
Notice that the function beneath does not catch errors, so throw in an @ before those ob_* calls
webmaster at ragnarokonline dot de
01-Oct-2003 10:21
Running PHP4 < 4.3.0, you can simply add the following to use the function anyway:

<?php
if (!function_exists("ob_get_clean")) {
    function
ob_get_clean() {
       
$ob_contents = ob_get_contents();
       
ob_end_clean();
        return
$ob_contents;
    }
}
?>

ob_get_contents> <ob_flush
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