RE: [PHP] output_buffering

What exactly are you measuring and how? -----Original Message----- From: James Drabb [mailto:JDrabb@cfl.rr.com] Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 9:09 AM To: php-general Subject: [PHP] output_buffering I was running some speed tests on a page that returns 1000 records from a db and spits them into a table. I have output_buffering Off in my php.ini file because of the statement below: ; Output buffering allows you to send header lines (including cookies) even ; after you send body content, at the price of slowing PHP's output layer a ; bit. You can enable output buffering during runtime by calling the output ; buffering functions. You can also enable output buffering for all files by ; setting this directive to On. If you wish to limit the size of the buffer ; to a certain size - you can use a maximum number of bytes instead of 'On', as ; a value for this directive (ex., output_buffering=4096). output_buffering = Off However the page takes 7 seconds to load with output_buffering = Off and 1 second with output_buffering = On! What is up with that? Have most of you found output buffering faster?