Is using output buffering considered a bad practice?

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Alex picture Alex · Jan 19, 2011 · Viewed 7.2k times · Source

Are ob_start / ob_get_clean() considered bad practice by php programmers in general?

Are there any disadvantages of output buffering?

Answer

kos picture kos · Jan 19, 2011

It's actually a good practice. Speed up data transfer

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