PHP Manual: Get current buffer contents and delete current output buffer

string ob_get_clean ( void )

Gets the current buffer contents and delete current output buffer.

ob_get_clean essentially executes both ob_get_contents and ob_end_clean.

The output buffer must be started by ob_start with PHP_OUTPUT_HANDLER_CLEANABLE flag. Otherwise ob_get_clean will not work.

Returns the contents of the output buffer and end output buffering. If output buffering isn't active then FALSE is returned.

Example #1 A simple ob_get_clean example


<?php

ob_start();

echo "Hello World";

$out = ob_get_clean();
$out = strtolower($out);

var_dump($out);
?>

The above example will output:


string(11) "hello world"

ob_get_clean