PHP 5.0.0RC3 output buffering bug?

[Mark Evenson]

A question about Output Buffering in PHP-CLI.

Is it expected that the following code will emit two representations of $x?

I would like to use print_r(), but capature its output in a String, to use
ain a generic logging infrastructure. But every call to print_r(),
var_dump(), var_export(), et. al. goes to STDOUT no matter what I do?

How to I get print_r() to return a string, and not go to STDOUT?

Platform: php-5.0.0RC3 CLI configured/compiled/installed via FreeBSD 5.2.1 ports.
<?php

$x = array('this', 'that', 'the other thing');

ob_start();
print_r($x);
$result = ob_get_flush();

print "$result\n";

?>

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Mark Evenson <ev*****@panix.com>

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[Berislav Lopac]

Mark Evenson wrote:

A question about Output Buffering in PHP-CLI.

Is it expected that the following code will emit two representations
of $x?

I would like to use print_r(), but capature its output in a String,
to use
ain a generic logging infrastructure. But every call to print_r(),
var_dump(), var_export(), et. al. goes to STDOUT no matter what I do?

How to I get print_r() to return a string, and not go to STDOUT?

print_r($array, true);

Berislav

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[Mark Evenson]

"Berislav Lopac" <be************@dimedia.hr> writes:

Mark Evenson wrote:

[...]

How to I get print_r() to return a string, and not go to STDOUT?

print_r($array, true);

Alright. Works! Sorry I missed that in the documentation.

Thanks for your help.

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Mark Evenson <ev*****@panix.com>

"A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is
nothing to compare to it now."