<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Flush (send) the output buffer and turn off output buffering</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.ob-end-clean.html">ob_end_clean</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.ob-flush.html">ob_flush</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.outcontrol.html">Output Control Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.ob-end-flush" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">ob_end_flush</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ob_end_flush</span> — <span class="dc-title">Flush (send) the output buffer and turn off output buffering</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.ob-end-flush-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ob_end_flush</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam">void</span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> This function will send the contents of the topmost output buffer (if any) and turn this output buffer off. If you want to further process the buffer's contents you have to call <span class="function"><a href="function.ob-get-contents.html" class="function">ob_get_contents()</a></span> before <span class="function"><strong>ob_end_flush()</strong></span> as the buffer contents are discarded after <span class="function"><strong>ob_end_flush()</strong></span> is called. </p> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <span class="simpara"> This function is similar to <span class="function"><a href="function.ob-get-flush.html" class="function">ob_get_flush()</a></span>, except that <span class="function"><a href="function.ob-get-flush.html" class="function">ob_get_flush()</a></span> returns the buffer as a string. </span> </p></blockquote> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.ob-end-flush-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure. Reasons for failure are first that you called the function without an active buffer or that for some reason a buffer could not be deleted (possible for special buffer). </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-function.ob-end-flush-errors"> <h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3> <p class="para"> If the function fails it generates an <strong><code>E_NOTICE</code></strong>. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.ob-end-flush-changelog"> <h3 class="title">Changelog</h3> <p class="para"> <table class="doctable informaltable"> <thead> <tr> <th>Version</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody class="tbody"> <tr> <td>4.2.0</td> <td> The boolean return value was added. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.ob-end-flush-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-466"> <p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>ob_end_flush()</strong></span> example</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"><p> The following example shows an easy way to flush and end all output buffers: </p></div> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">while (@</span><span style="color: #0000BB">ob_end_flush</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.ob-end-flush-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ob-start.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ob_start()</a> - Turn on output buffering</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ob-get-contents.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ob_get_contents()</a> - Return the contents of the output buffer</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ob-get-flush.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ob_get_flush()</a> - Flush the output buffer, return it as a string and turn off output buffering</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ob-flush.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ob_flush()</a> - Flush (send) the output buffer</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ob-end-clean.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ob_end_clean()</a> - Clean (erase) the output buffer and turn off output buffering</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.ob-end-clean.html">ob_end_clean</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.ob-flush.html">ob_flush</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.outcontrol.html">Output Control Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>