Posted by jools on 11/21/07 20:57

I'm having trouble modifying some code written by someone else.
The code is very dense and obscure but does work fine. However I need to
insert a block of my own and I've hit what I assume is a buffering
problem.(If there's another answer I'd be grateful ...)

The problem is PHP is refusing to do things in the correct sequence.

I've tried all the variations of flushing I can think of without success.

Can anyone suggest how I can force PHP to do this task in the correct
sequence please?

Thanks
-jools-

Using PHP 5.1
Centos Linux V4
Apache 2 server

I need to do this:
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1. I create a text file on the fly inside a folder
2. I output some lines from that text file -(May include some HTML such
as a form but is not activated/posted) using echo or print
3. I delete the text file from the drive

The sequence that occurs however is not 1 2 3
but 1 3 2
And I get an error because the file can't be found by event 2

OK I thought - I remember something about ob_flush so I tried

1
2
ob_flush(); // or a variant such as ob_end_flush()
3

And still I get 1 3 2 instead of 1 2 3

I've tried ob_start
i.e

1
ob_start()
2
ob_end_flush()
3
but no luck

I've tried multiple ob_flush()'s one after the other - no luck

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