# output bufffering issue in 4.3?

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/10980
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/10980
- Started by George Schlossnagle on 2004-07-08T17:05:23+00:00
- Messages: 2
- Reply by email to internals@lists.php.net
- More for agents: search with https://externals.io/search.md?q={query} · JSON API at https://externals.io/api · documentation at https://externals.io/llms.txt

---

## #10980 — George Schlossnagle — 2004-07-08T17:05:23+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/10980#10980

Poking through the output buffering code, it seems like the only way to 
force a sapi_flush() is to have implicit_flush set to true.  Is this 
correct?  Is this intended?  It seems like `ob_flush()` should trigger 
sapi_flush(), at least if you're at the top level of buffers.

George

---

## #10982 — George Schlossnagle — 2004-07-08T17:25:44+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/10980#10982 · In reply to: #10980

George Schlossnagle wrote:

> Poking through the output buffering code, it seems like the only way 
> to force a sapi_flush() is to have implicit_flush set to true.  Is 
> this correct?  Is this intended?  It seems like `ob_flush()` should 
> trigger sapi_flush(), at least if you're at the top level of buffers.


In asnwer to my own questions (thanks Zeev):

'Yes.',  'Yes.', and 'Use `flush()`.'

George