ob_get_contents

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ob_get_contentsReturn the contents of the output buffer

Descrizione

ob_get_contents(): string|false

Gets the contents of the output buffer without clearing it.

Elenco dei parametri

Questa funzione non contiene parametri.

Valori restituiti

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

Esempi

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);
?>

Il precedente esempio visualizzerà:

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

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User Contributed Notes 4 notes

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Mark Clements
10 years ago
Note that, unlike PHP variables which make efficient use of memory, getting the contents of the output buffer results in a new copy of the buffer being made. This can end up massively increasing the memory requirements of your script if your output is large.

Example code:

<?php

print(memory_get_usage() . "<br>");

ob_start();

for (
$i = 0; $i < 5000000; $i++)
print(
" ");

print(
memory_get_usage() . "<br>");

$foo = ob_get_contents();

print(
memory_get_usage() . "<br>");

ob_end_flush();

?>

Output:

351664
5359152
10359256
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10
mauroasprea+php at gmail dot com
13 years ago
This is an example of how the stack works:

<?php
//Level 0
ob_start();
echo
"Hello ";

//Level 1
ob_start();
echo
"Hello World";
$out2 = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

//Back to level 0
echo "Galaxy";
$out1 = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

//Just output
var_dump($out1, $out2);
?>
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m227 ( at ) poczta dot onet dot pl
19 years ago
if you use ob_start with a callback function as a parameter, and that function changes ob string (as in example in manual) don't expect that ob_get_contents will return changed ob.
it will work as you would use ob_start with no parameter at all. So don't be confused.
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DrDreistein at dontknow dot at
13 years ago
i made a simple test which is faster: adding some text in the normal way or by the ob stack:

<?php
$start
= microtime(true);
$var = '';
for(
$i=0 ; $i <= 1000000 ; $i++) {
$var .= ' ';
}
$middle = microtime(true);

ob_start();
for(
$i=0 ; $i <= 1000000 ; $i++) {
echo
' ';
}
$var = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

$end = microtime(true);

echo
$middle - $start;
echo
'<br />';
echo
$end - $middle;
?>

Outputs something like this:

0.33658003807068
0.30778789520264
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