PHP Output Buffering

php output-buffering
anon445699 picture anon445699 · Jan 7, 2011 · Viewed 16.2k times · Source

What are the methods to turn on output buffering either within a PHP script or using and htaccess file?

I use the following method in an htaccess file in the root of my application:

php_value output_buffering On
php_value output_handler mb_output_handler

On one of my shared hosting accounts (linux hosting with PHP 5.2.x), the above yields a blank page. Tech support says they can't turn it on in the php.ini file but I can turn it on in my script...

ob_start() and ob_end_flush() also yields the same result. What can I do?

Answer

Diablo picture Diablo · Jan 7, 2011

Use ob_start() and ob_end_flush().

ob_start() at the start of the script before any output (not even an empty space).

When u want to output use ob_end_flush().

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