Output Control
PHP Manual

ob_get_length

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)

ob_get_length — Return the length of the output buffer

Description

int ob_get_length ( void )

This will return the length of the contents in the output buffer.

Return Values

Returns the length of the output buffer contents or FALSE if no buffering is active.

Examples

Example#1 A simple ob_get_length() example

<?php

ob_start
();

echo 
"Hello ";

$len1 ob_get_length();

echo 
"World";

$len2 ob_get_length();

ob_end_clean();

echo 
$len1 ", ." $len2;
?>

The above example will output:

6, 11

See Also


Output Control
PHP Manual