How do I capture PHP output into a variable?

Question

I\'m generating a ton of XML that is to be passed to an API as a post variable when a user click on a form button. I also want to be able to show the user the XML before han

Answer 1

Put this at your start:

ob_start();

And to get the buffer back:

$value = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();

See http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.outcontrol.php and the individual functions for more information.