PHP 4.0 Bug #8108 Updated: ob_length() doesn't take into account strings added by trans-sid

ID: 8108 User Update by: phpbug@jbirch.com Status: Analyzed Bug Type: Output Control Description: ob_length() doesn't take into account strings added by trans-sid I've been thinking about this a bit more. I'm not sure if adding the ability to obtain the correct length of the buffered output in this case is more important than retailing the ability to save a non-user-specific version of the output. "Fixing" my problem would mean that a page caching system that writes plain .html files from database using the ob_ functions would be broken. Would it be possible to add a function that performs the same function as trans-sid, but at a script level? With this in place, I could turn off trans-sid and manipulate the output buffer directly. A generic ob_filter() facility could come in handy for other things too, such as highlighing search terms in a page request. Especially if it had a switch to filter the HTML, the marked up text, or both. Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-12-11 09:45:54] stas@php.net Actually, I guess trans-sid should be implemented as output-buffering filter, just as gz-compression. Otherwise what you are trying to do would never work. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-12-05 02:32:04] phpbug@jbirch.com Sorry, miscategorized. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-12-05 02:04:24] phpbug@jbirch.com I've got php4.3.3pl1 compiled as a CGI with --enable-trans-sid. I currently use the ob_length function to send a Content-Length header with my semi-static pages to enhance their cacheability. As soon as I enabled trans-sid with cookies disabled this behaviour broke, because ob_length appears to be calculated before the SID is applied to the page. My pages get truncated by browsers that accept the content-length header (all modern browsers). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=8108