ob_start()

[Anon]

I try to use the output buffering feature, but it fails sometimes and I dont know why...?
Any idea...?

ob_start();
passthru("php -q file.php"); //or using the system() function
$html = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

the $html will contain what I want when it works; however, it returns nothing sometimes.

How to solve the problem? Or what the problem is indeed..?

Thanks a lot!!!

[marcel]

ob_end_flush -- Flush (send) the output buffer and turn off output buffering

ob_end_clean -- Clean (erase) the output buffer and turn off output buffering

probable you want ob_end_flush instead ob_end_clean

PM

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Does the ob_* fail, or does the passthru() fail?

you can get 100% the same effect using backticks:

$sOutput = php -q file.php;

those are backticks, NOT single quotes,