note 76102 added to ref.outcontrol

It seems that while using output buffering, an included file which calls die() before the output buffer is closed is flushed rather than cleaned. That is, ob_end_flush() is called by default. <?php // a.php (this file should never display anything) ob_start(); include('b.php'); ob_end_clean(); ?> <?php // b.php print "b"; die(); ?> This ends up printing "b" rather than nothing as ob_end_flush() is called instead of ob_end_clean(). That is, die() flushes the buffer rather than cleans it. This took me a while to determine what was causing the flush, so I thought I'd share. ---- Server IP: 217.160.72.57 Probable Submitter: 201.229.183.217 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.outcontrol.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/76102 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76102/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76102/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76102/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76102/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76102/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76102/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76102 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/76102 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php