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.
_
Paul H. Breslinhttp://Canadian-Artist.com
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