note 54355 added to function.ob-end-flush

Apart from being mostly redundant, ob_end_flush() can be downright damaging in some weird cases. Actual example: a particular page on an Intranet website which would appear blank on Internet Explorer 6 when ob_start('ob_gzhandler') was called in the beginning and ob_end_flush() at the end. We couldn't figure out what made that page special no matter what we tried. The ob_ functions were placed in scripts which were include()'d by all pages just the same, but only that page did this. Even stranger, the problem only appeared on direct browser/server connections. Whenever the connection passed through a proxy the problem dissapeared. I'm guessing some kind of HTTP encoding headers mumbo-jumbo. Solution: unless you really need it in particular cases, remove the ob_end_flush() call and rely on the builtin, automatic buffer flush. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ob-end-flush.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+54355 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54355&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54355&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54355&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54355&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54355&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54355&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+54355&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php