(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
ob_get_length — Return the length of the output buffer
ob_get_length(): int|false
This will return the length of the contents in the output buffer, in bytes.
This function has no parameters.
Returns the length of the output buffer contents, in bytes, or false if no buffering is active.
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
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