Output Buffering

[chrisl]

I have a page that includes a file in the middle, but I wish to set the title of the page based on a variable set in the included file-- is this possible?

PHP processes the page sequentially, so if I have $foo = Title in the included file, it is too late to use it for the title of the main document.

I thought output buffering might be the key, but it doesn't seem to work. Should it?

Basically, I was doing this for the output buffering:

---

function fixtitle($buffer) {
return (str_replace("XXX", $pagetitle, $buffer));
}

ob_start("fixtitle");
?>

<title>XXX</title>

...

<? include("file_that_sets_pagetitle.inc") ?>

...

<?

ob_end_flush();

?>

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$pagetitle is not set inside the function. import it using global()

[chrisl]

Argh... so simple, but I was trying just about everything else. Freaking variable scope. Thanks. Output buffering is very useful-- I took it for granted with Cold Fusion.

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output buffer can be usefull. It excessive use of output buffering will cause you to write sloppy code because no matter what you do, output buffering will save the day.

Everything has it's purpose, but nothing should be taken for granted.