ob_get_length

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.2, PHP 5)

ob_get_length --  Return the length of the output buffer

Description

int ob_get_length ( void )

This will return the length of the contents in the output buffer or FALSE, if output buffering isn't active.

Example 1. A simple ob_get_length() example

<?php

ob_start
();

echo 
"Hello ";

$len1 ob_get_length();

echo 
"World";

$len2 ob_get_length();

ob_end_clean();

echo 
$len1 ", ." $len2;
?>

Our example will output:

6, 11

See also ob_start() and ob_get_contents().