John Davidson

Message:

I'am really very new to PHP.

I have this code:

<?php cms_loop('500');?>



<div class="item">

    <p class="contents"></p>

</div>



<?php cms_loop_end('500');?>

I want to output everything between cms_loop and cms_loop_end functions.

I do it this way:

function cms_loop($id){

    ob_start();

    echo ob_get_contents();

}

and

function cms_loop_end(){

    ob_end_flush();

}

But that's not working. Any help appreciated

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My Answer:
To set and output the buffer contents in PHP, you can use the following code:

php
// Start output buffering
ob_start();

// Your code goes here
echo "Hello, World!";

// Get the buffer contents and store it in a variable
$buffer = ob_get_contents();

// End output buffering and clean the buffer
ob_end_clean();

// Output the buffer contents
echo $buffer;
?>


In this code snippet, `ob_start()` is used to start output buffering, `ob_get_contents()` is used to get the buffer contents and store it in a variable, and `ob_end_clean()` is used to end output buffering and clean the buffer. Finally, the buffer contents are outputted using `echo $buffer`.

You can replace the `echo "Hello, World!";` with your actual code to capture and output the buffer contents.