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# 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().

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