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<h2 class="title">Runtime Configuration</h2>
<p class="simpara">
The behaviour of these functions is affected by settings in <var class="filename">php.ini</var>.
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<table class="doctable table">
<caption><strong>Output Control configuration options</strong></caption>
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<th>Name</th>
<th>Default</th>
<th>Changeable</th>
<th>Changelog</th>
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<td><a href="outcontrol.configuration.html#ini.output-buffering" class="link">output_buffering</a></td>
<td>"0"</td>
<td>PHP_INI_PERDIR</td>
<td class="empty"> </td>
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<td><a href="outcontrol.configuration.html#ini.output-handler" class="link">output_handler</a></td>
<td>NULL</td>
<td>PHP_INI_PERDIR</td>
<td>Available since PHP 4.0.4.</td>
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<td><a href="outcontrol.configuration.html#ini.implicit-flush" class="link">implicit_flush</a></td>
<td>"0"</td>
<td>PHP_INI_ALL</td>
<td>PHP_INI_PERDIR in PHP <= 4.2.3.</td>
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For further details and definitions of the
PHP_INI_* modes, see the <a href="configuration.changes.modes.html" class="xref">Where a configuration setting may be set</a>.
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<p class="para">Here's a short explanation of
the configuration directives.</p>
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<dt id="ini.output-buffering">
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<em><code class="parameter">output_buffering</code></em>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.boolean.html" class="type boolean">boolean</a></span>/<span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.html" class="type integer">integer</a></span>
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<dd>
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You can enable output buffering for all files by setting this directive
to 'On'. If you wish to limit the size of the buffer to a certain size -
you can use a maximum number of bytes instead of 'On', as a value for
this directive (e.g., output_buffering=4096).
As of PHP 4.3.5, this directive is always Off in PHP-CLI.
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<dt id="ini.output-handler">
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<em><code class="parameter">output_handler</code></em>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span>
</span>
<dd>
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You can redirect all of the output of your scripts to a function. For
example, if you set output_handler to
<span class="function"><a href="function.mb-output-handler.html" class="function">mb_output_handler()</a></span>, character encoding will be
transparently converted to the specified encoding. Setting any output
handler automatically turns on output buffering.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
You cannot use both <span class="function"><a href="function.mb-output-handler.html" class="function">mb_output_handler()</a></span> with
<span class="function"><a href="function.ob-iconv-handler.html" class="function">ob_iconv_handler()</a></span> and you cannot use both
<span class="function"><a href="function.ob-gzhandler.html" class="function">ob_gzhandler()</a></span> and
<a href="zlib.configuration.html#ini.zlib.output-compression" class="link">zlib.output_compression</a>.
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</p></blockquote>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
Only built-in functions can be used with this directive. For user
defined functions, use <span class="function"><a href="function.ob-start.html" class="function">ob_start()</a></span>.
</p>
</p></blockquote>
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<dt id="ini.implicit-flush">
<span class="term">
<em><code class="parameter">implicit_flush</code></em>
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.boolean.html" class="type boolean">boolean</a></span>
</span>
<dd>
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<strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> by default. Changing this to <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> tells PHP to tell the
output layer to flush itself automatically after every output block.
This is equivalent to calling the PHP function
<span class="function"><a href="function.flush.html" class="function">flush()</a></span> after each and every call to
<span class="function"><a href="function.print.html" class="function">print</a></span> or <span class="function"><a href="function.echo.html" class="function">echo</a></span> and each and
every <em>HTML</em> block.
</p>
<p class="para">
When using PHP within an web environment, turning
this option on has serious performance implications and is generally
recommended for debugging purposes only. This value defaults to
<strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> when operating under the <em>CLI SAPI</em>.
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See also <span class="function"><a href="function.ob-implicit-flush.html" class="function">ob_implicit_flush()</a></span>.
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