Output Buffering not working

[andrewtayloruk]

<?

ob_start();

echo "test";

?>

AFAIK this should simply display a blank screen, instead I get 'test'.

output_buffering is set to on in php.ini and confirmed with phpinfo()

This is just a test Win2k install for development. PHP 4.2.3

Any clues?

Thanks
Andrew

[the_Igel]

I believe that ob_end_flush() is called authomatically when a script ends. I can't find a mention of it in the manual, though.

[andrewtayloruk]

There's an option for implicit flush which does just that but I have it disabled.

Can anyone confirm if by default PHP flushes the buffer at the end of the script?

Andrew

[the_Igel]

I got the same results as you, and implicit_flush also off. Win98.

Here is a remark (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/windows.html):

Apache for Windows version 1.3 series is implemented in synchronous calls. This poses an enormous problem for CGI authors, who won't see unbuffered results sent immediately to the browser. This is not the behavior described for CGI in Apache, but it is a side-effect of the Windows port.

Looks like it is the clue.