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Request #12535 We'd like support for output buffering and "here" syntax
Submitted: 2001-08-02 13:53 UTC Modified: 2001-08-02 14:16 UTC
From: matt at boltbluecorp dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 4.0.6 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2001-08-02 13:53 UTC] matt at boltbluecorp dot com 
Hello,

For a long time I've wished that PHP supported the "here" string syntax, i.e in Perl:

print <<EOF;
<html>
<body>
<font face="Arial" size="2">This is 
great for outputting HTML</font>
</body>
</html>
EOF

or better yet...

$string = <<EOS;
Hi, this is
a multi-line
string.
EOS

The second example is a must considering that PHP does not support output buffering, which is another feature that I believe is essential. It would be lovely to flush an output buffer and then issue an HTTP header like a cookie or a redirect. Let me just say that I love PHP, but this is one aspect in which it falls short of (forgive me) Active Server Pages.

Matt Flaherty

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 [2001-08-02 13:55 UTC] jeroen@php.net 
Heredoc is supported, see the manual on strings.

You need three <<< , in stead of 2, and it works.
And output buffering is supported all the way since PHP 4, AFAIK...

See http://www.php.net/ob_start
 [2001-08-02 14:16 UTC] matt at boltbluecorp dot com 
Wow, thanks for the quick feedback. And sorry. I looked hard but did not find these features. I stand corrected.
 
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