echo as streambuffer

[Cractuar]

This is what I want to accomplish:

In index.php:

$var = include(“content.php”);
echo $var;
 

In content.php:

$outputStream = date("Y-m-d"); //some dynamic text
return $outputStream;
 

but without needing the variable $outputStream, instead I want to be able to write "echo date("Y-m-d");" in content.php.

Can I get echo to send everything into a buffer and then print it all at once to the html-page? I am using the phplib template and i want to be able to send a whole phpfile as a variable.

Thanks!

[Cractuar]

Okay I've found this:

[PHP]
// Enable output buffering
ob_start();

echo date("Y-m-d");

// get the buffer, clear it & return to template
return ob_get_clean();
[/PHP]

but is there a better way?

[Atli]

Hi. Welcome to TSDN!

If you want to capture the output of an entire page and return it as a string, the method you used in your last post would be exactly what I would do.
I do not believe there is a better way to accomplish that.