Re: How to PHP process a .phtml file, or capture the output from within PHP?

From: "Andy Jones" <andy@bliss.commerce.uq.edu.au> > Hi > > I'd normally start this mail with some background of what I'm doing, > but to save everyone time, I'll start with the questions, and then > in case anyone has alternative suggestions or workarounds, I'll > fill in the what I'm doing and why... > > Within PHP script, is it possible to > > 1. capture the results of the PHP engine's processing of > the current .phtml/.php file? > ie. what the server will sent back to the browser. > > 2. manually feed a (possibly different) .phtml/.php file into > the PHP parser and obtain the results of the processing? > > Yes this is possible, in a way. I have done it before, for a simple caching mechanism. Try this: <?php ob_start(); // turn on output buffering echo "<html>"; ?> Some <b>page text</b>! <?php echo "</html>"; // now save the buffer to a file $fp = fopen("/usr/local/apache/htdocs/file.html", "w") or die("eek"); fwrite($fp, ob_get_contents()); fclose($fp); // and output the buffer to the browser ob_end_flush(); ?> And have a flick through: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.outcontrol.php Cheers Simon Garner