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ob_get_length

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(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Return the length of the output buffer

Description

ob_get_length(): int|false

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

Parameters Parameters

Return Values

Returns the length of the output buffer contents, in bytes, or false if no buffering is active.

Examples

A simple ob_get_length() example

php
<?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:

output
6, 11

See Also

Source: reference/outcontrol/functions/ob-get-length.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)