Buffering (Including Headers)

[Anon]

How do I buffer the whole page (including headers) in PHP. I can't use the php.ini file (don't think I have access to it) and the ob_ commands are no use because they still let the headers go...

TIA

Paul

[Anon]

What are you trying to do?

The ob_start documentation may be slightly misleading on the question of header buffering. Headers are automatically buffered separately from other output. They are not actually sent until some HTTP body (not the same as HTML body) content causes PHP to push them out the door.

[Anon]

I'm trying to create a login page that checks to see if the users name and password is in a database (can do this bit) and then if so set some session variables.....however, i can't do this bit as the code for checking the database seems to cause the headers to be flushed out meaning a session can't be created. 🙁

Is there a better way to go about this?

Thanks

Paul