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Return the contents of the output buffer

Output Control Functions

ob_get_contents

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

ob_get_contents — Return the contents of the output buffer

Description

string ob_get_contents ( void )

Gets the contents of the output buffer without clearing it.

Return Values

This will return the contents of the output buffer or FALSE, if output buffering isn't active.

Examples

Example #1 A simple ob_get_contents() example

 <?php

ob_start();

echo "Hello ";

$out1 = ob_get_contents();

echo "World";

$out2 = ob_get_contents();

ob_end_clean();

var_dump($out1, $out2);
?>

The above example will output:

 string(6) "Hello " string(11) "Hello World"

See Also

ob_start() - Turn on output buffering
ob_get_length() - Return the length of the output buffer

Output Control Functions