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<h1 class="refname">ob_get_flush</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ob_get_flush</span> — <span class="dc-title">Flush the output buffer, return it as a string and turn off output buffering</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ob_get_flush</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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<span class="function"><strong>ob_get_flush()</strong></span> flushes the output buffer, return
it as a string and turns off output buffering.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
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This function is similar to <span class="function"><a href="function.ob-end-flush.html" class="function">ob_end_flush()</a></span>, except
that this function returns the buffer as a string.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.ob-get-flush-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns the output buffer or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if no buffering is active.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>ob_get_flush()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">//using output_buffering=On<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">print_r</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">ob_list_handlers</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">//save buffer in a file<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$buffer </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">ob_get_flush</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">file_put_contents</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'buffer.txt'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$buffer</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">print_r</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">ob_list_handlers</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
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Array
(
[0] => default output handler
)
Array
(
)
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.ob-get-flush-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<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>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ob-end-flush.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ob_end_flush()</a> - Flush (send) the output buffer and turn off output buffering</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ob-list-handlers.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ob_list_handlers()</a> - List all output handlers in use</span></li>
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