Thanks Richard,
I don't think the output buffering does what I want. I want to be able to do
something like this:
if( $preview_mode )
$output = fopen("php://stdout", "w");
else
$output = fopen("/some/file/path/soemwhere.html", "w");
GenerateOutput($output);
hmmm wait, maybe you're right. I guess I could grab the contents of the
output buffer and write it to the file instead of to stdout. Kind of an
indirect way of doing it. Not like C/C++.
Thanks for the pointer.
Richard Black wrote:
>
> As far as I'm aware PHP does output to stdout. Whether or not we can
> actually access that stream is another question, and one I don't know the
> answer to.
>
> However, I do have a suggestion... Have you looked at the output buffering
> functions? They seem to implement what you're trying to do...
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.outcontrol.php
>
> HTH,
>
> Richy
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Paul H. Breslin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 21 December 2001 07:40
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:[PHP] Standard output (printf) question...
>
> I'm trying to create a function that will generate output that could go to
> either a file or to the current browser directly. To do this I have
> something
> like:
>
> function GenerateOutput($out)
> {
> fwrite($out, "Some stuff");
> fflush($out);
> }
>
> and to call it I tried:
>
> $stdout = fopen("php://stdout", "w");
> GenerateOutput($stdout);
>
> But for some reason nothing shows in the browser when I do this.
>
> I can't seem to find information about what output stream "printf" is
> actually
> writing to. Do we have access to this stream?
>
> Can anyone provide a hint as to why the above doesn't work?
>
> Thanks.
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Paul H. Breslinhttp://Canadian-Artist.com
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