ob_start

Description

This function will turn output buffering on_ While output buffering is active no output is sent from the script, instead the output is stored in an internal buffer_

The contents of this internal buffer may be copied into a string variable using ob_get_contents()_ To output what is stored in the internal buffer, use ob_end_flush()_ Alternatively, ob_end_clean() will silently discard the buffer contents_

See also ob_get_contents(), ob_end_flush(), ob_end_clean(), and ob_implicit_flush()