Posted by Justin Koivisto on 11/17/03 11:40

d wrote:
> <francescomoi@usa.com> wrote in message
> news:1139593886.094217.64410@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> Using PHP 4.3.11, I want my script not to write standard output on the
>> webpage, but on a textfile.
>>
>> I tried with:
>>
>> [code]
>> $variableName = 44;
>> system("/usr/local/php/bin/php /home/foo/script.php >
>> /home/foo/file.txt", $retval);
>> [/code]
>>
>> But '/home/foo/script.php' doesn't consider $variableName.
>>
>> Is there any way to call '/home/foo/script.php' and make it to write
>> standard output on a textfile?
>
> Use output buffering:

I love the ob_* functions myself as well...

> ob_start();
> system("/bin/date");
> $c=ob_get_contents();
> ob_end_clean();

Since your php version is >=4.3.0, "$c=ob_get_clean();" will do the same
as the last two lines, and IIRC, it's a bit more efficient for cpu cycles.

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