ob_get_contents()

ob_get_contents() — Return the contents of the output buffer.

Built-in function of PHP 8.5. The manual lists it as available in PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8. This page is the reference card: signature, parameters and return value, plus the changelog and the example the manual provides.

Signature

ob_get_contents(): string|false

Parameters

This function takes no parameters.

Return value

This will return the contents of the output buffer or false, if output buffering isn't active.

Example

A runnable snippet:

ob_start(); echo "Hello "; $out1 = ob_get_contents(); echo "World"; $out2 = ob_get_contents(); ob_end_clean(); var_dump($out1, $out2);

Output:

string(6) "Hello " string(11) "Hello World"

See also

ob_start(), ob_get_length()

All PHP 8.5 built-in functions

Reference card built from the PHP manual page ob_get_contents() (PHP documentation, CC BY 3.0). The page is generated from the manual, so the wording of the parameter and return value text follows php.net.