[Concerns IE refusing to jump to a #something in the URL.]
I encoutered a bug in IE6/W2000 that can be solved by turning output buffering on.
Maybe it also helps in other situations/M$-OS, not sure.
Situation:
A page with a hash in the URL, and IE doesn't jump to that location.
Example:
http://www.bla.com/test.php#something
- In test.php the anchortag is placed normally like:
<a name="something"><br></a>
- test.php takes a few seconds to load because of heavy-duty database activity.
IE just ignores the hash #something.
It looks like IE 'forgets' the hash if it hasn't encoutered it YET in the HTML.
Turning output buffering on resolves that issue.
CI. Output Control 输出控制函数
简介
输出控制函数可以用来控制脚本的输出。这些函数在某些特殊情况下很有用，特别是脚本中已经输出了信息之后再想向浏览器发送标头的情况。输出控制函数不会作用于 header() 或 setcookie() 函数发送的标头，而只会影响类似于 echo() 函数输出的信息和嵌入在 PHP 代码之间的信息。
需求
要编译本扩展模块不需要外部库文件。
安装
本函数库作为 PHP 内核的一部分，不用安装就能使用。
运行时配置
这些函数的行为受 php.ini 的影响。
表格 1. 输出控制配置选项
| 名称 | 默认值 | 作用范围 | 修正记录 |
|---|---|---|---|
| output_buffering | "0" | PHP_INI_PERDIR | |
| output_handler | NULL | PHP_INI_PERDIR | 自 PHP 4.0.4 起可用 |
| implicit_flush | "0" | PHP_INI_ALL | 在 PHP <= 4.2.3 版本中是 PHP_INI_PERDIR |
以下是配置选项的简要解释。
- output_buffering boolean/integer
该选项设置为 On 时，将在所有的脚本中使用输出控制。如果要限制输出缓冲区的最大值，可将该选项设定为指定的最大字节数（例如 output_buffering=4096）。从PHP 4.3.5 版开始，该选项在 PHP-CLI 下总是为 Off。
- output_handler string
该选项可将脚本所有的输出，重定向到一个函数。例如，将 output_handler 设置为 mb_output_handler() 时，字符的编码将被修改为指定的编码。设置的任何处理函数，将自动的处理输出缓冲。
注: 不能同时使用 mb_output_handler() 和 ob_iconv_handler()，也不能同时使用 ob_gzhandler() 和 zlib.output_compression。
注: 只有内置函数可以使用此指令。对于用户定义的函数，使用 ob_start()。
- implicit_flush boolean
默认为 FALSE。如将该选项改为 TRUE，PHP 将使输出层，在每段信息块输出后，自动刷新。这等同于在每次使用 print()、echo() 等函数或每个 HTML 块之后，调用 PHP 中的 flush() 函数。
不在web环境中使用 PHP 时，打开这个选项对程序执行的性能有严重的影响，通常只推荐在调试时使用。在 CLI SAPI 的执行模式下，该标记默认为 TRUE。
资源类型
本扩展模块未定义任何资源类型。
预定义常量
本扩展模块未定义任何常量。
范例
在上面的例子中，函数 echo() 输出信息将被保存在输出缓冲中，直到 ob_end_flush() 函数被调用。和期望的一样，setcookie() 函数存储 cookie 的时候没有导致错误（通常情况下，已经有数据输出后，是不能正常地向浏览器发送标头的）。
注: 当从 PHP 4.1（包括 4.2）升级到 4.3 时，由于早期版本的 bug，必须确保在 php.ini 中将implict_flush 设置成 OFF，否则所有由 ob_start() 函数处理的信息都会被直接输出。
参见
参见 header() 和 setcookie()。
- 目录
- flush -- 刷新输出缓冲
- ob_clean -- Clean (erase) the output buffer
- ob_end_clean -- Clean (erase) the output buffer and turn off output buffering
- ob_end_flush -- Flush (send) the output buffer and turn off output buffering
- ob_flush -- Flush (send) the output buffer
- ob_get_clean -- Get current buffer contents and delete current output buffer
- ob_get_contents -- Return the contents of the output buffer
- ob_get_flush -- Flush the output buffer, return it as a string and turn off output buffering
- ob_get_length -- Return the length of the output buffer
- ob_get_level -- Return the nesting level of the output buffering mechanism
- ob_get_status -- Get status of output buffers
- ob_gzhandler -- ob_start callback function to gzip output buffer
- ob_implicit_flush -- Turn implicit flush on/off
- ob_list_handlers -- List all output handlers in use
- ob_start -- Turn on output buffering
- output_add_rewrite_var -- Add URL rewriter values
- output_reset_rewrite_vars -- Reset URL rewriter values
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User Contributed Notes
erwinX at darwineX dot nl
11-Nov-2005 09:35
11-Nov-2005 09:35
kend52 at verizon dot net
24-Jun-2005 02:25
24-Jun-2005 02:25
I ran out of memory, while output buffering and drawing text on imported images. Only the top portion of the 5MP image was displayed by the browser. Try increasing the memory limit in either the php.ini file( memory_limit = 16M; ) or in the .htaccess file( php_value memory_limit "16M" ). Also see function memory_get_usage() .
gruik at libertysurf dot fr
10-Jul-2004 08:53
10-Jul-2004 08:53
For those who are looking for optimization, try using buffered output.
I noticed that an output function call (i.e echo()) is somehow time expensive. When using buffered output, only one output function call is made and it seems to be much faster.
Try this :
<?php
your_benchmark_start_function();
for ($i = 0; $i < 5000; $i++)
echo str_repeat ("your string blablabla bla bla", (rand() % 4) + 1)."<br>\n";
echo your_benchmark_end_function();
?>
And then :
<?php
your_benchmark_start_function();
ob_start ();
for ($i = 0; $i < 5000; $i++)
echo str_repeat ("your string blablabla bla bla", (rand() % 4) + 1)."<br>\n";
echo your_benchmark_end_function();
ob_end_flush ();
?>
nobbie @t php d0t net
01-Apr-2004 08:49
01-Apr-2004 08:49
There is a problem in MSIE 5.5,6 with regards to Page compression. Users might experience pages not loading completely, or just a blank page.
This articles you are looking for is what you're looking for:
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 312496 (for MSIE 6)
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 313712 (for MSIE 5.5)
It states that you should upgrade to the latest MSIE Service Pack to fix the following problem:
Internet Explorer May Lose the First 2,048 Bytes of Data That Are Sent Back from a Web Server That Uses HTTP Compression
tijmen
09-Jul-2003 07:44
09-Jul-2003 07:44
Trying to benchmark your server when using output_buffering ?
Don't forget that the value 4096 in the php.ini will give you complete different loadtimes compares to the value of 1.
In the first case the output will be sent after buffering 4096 and the loadtime timed at the end of the page will contain the loadtime needed to download the complete page in the clientbrowser while the second value will contain the loadtime needed to place the complete page in the buffer. The time needed for sending is not clocked.
This can be very frustrating if you don't see the differance between server and the 1st is using 4096 instead of 1.
Although technically much faster than the second server the second server was providing much better loadtime results.
This result will grow when using large amounts of output.
But this becomes interesting if you want to measure the time needed for the page to be loaded for the client.
philip at thepr()jects dot ()rg
09-Feb-2001 03:17
09-Feb-2001 03:17
A few tutorials exist on this subject :
* http://www.zend.com/zend/art/buffering.php
* http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/argerich20010125.php3