#24121 [Opn->Csd]: ob_start() return value type is invalid

ID: 24121 Updated by: et@php.net Reported By: php at alterego dot dp dot ua -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem -Operating System: All +Operating System: Any PHP Version: 4.3.2 New Comment: This bug has been fixed in CVS. In case this was a PHP problem, snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. In case this was a documentation problem, the fix will show up soon at http://www.php.net/manual/. In case this was a PHP.net website problem, the change will show up on the PHP.net site and on the mirror sites in short time. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. fixed by derick Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-11 04:28:25] php at alterego dot dp dot ua Documentation states void ob_start ( [callback output_callback]) In reality since 4.3.2 this function returns a boolean value. It returns true if output buffering started successfully, and false if some problem occured. This problem can be output callback function that does not exist. Earlier versions of PHP started output buffering with default handler in this case. Code to show backward incompatibility: <? ob_start(); echo "AAA"; $a = ob_get_contents(); $var = ob_start("thereisnosuchfunction"); echo "BBB"; $b = ob_get_contents(); ob_end_clean(); ob_end_clean(); echo $b.'---'.$a; var_dump($var); ?> 4.3.2 outputs AAABBB---AAAbool(false) earlier versions output BBB---AAAbool(true) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=24121&edit=1