OBPipe

OBPipe and SOBPipe are two classes that allows you to handle output buffering as if you were writing to different pipes. This makes it possible to reorder the output before it is actually written.

class OBPipe

public function kill()

Terminate the ob_handler

public function activate($name)

Select which pipe to write to

public function current()

Get the name of the current pipe

public function clean($name)

Clean the named pipe

public function remove($name)

Remove the named pipe

protected function getBuffer()

Internal function that collects the data from the ob_handler and puts it in the correvt pipe

public function flush($name)

Returns the content of the named pipe and empties its content

public function get($name)

Return the content of the named pipe without changing its content

public function length($name)

Returns the length if the string in the specified pipe

public function Output($result)

Collects the complete output stored in all pipes

public function getNames()

Get the names of all pipes

public function setNames($names)

Assign which pipes should exist and in which order. Any existing pipe will be intact and any new pipe will be created. If a pipe doesn't exist in the array then its content will be removed.

class SOBPipe

SOBPipe is a static wrapper for the OBPipe

public static function Init()

Make sure there is an instance to work with. This is called by an function so there is really no need to call it explicitly

public static function activate($name)

Activate the given named pipe. Will be created if it doesn't exist

public static function current()

Return the name of the current pipe

public static function clean($name)

Remove the content from the named pipe

public static function remove($name)

Remove the named pipe. Any content will be removed

public static function flush($name)

Return the content of the named pipe. The content will be removed from the handler

public static function get($name)

Return the content of the named pipe. The content will be unchanged in the handler

public static function length($name)

Return the length of the named pipe

public static function getNames()

Return the name of all pipes

public static function setNames($names)

Set the order of the pipes in the handler. Any named pipe that doesn't exist will be created and any pipe that isn't listed will be removed

public static function kill()

Terminate the static handler

If the name of a pipe is false (boolean) an unnamed pipe will be used instead. The content of the unnamed pipe will always be presented before the content of the named handlers.

Simple usage - Dynamic

<?php
include('../obpipe.php');
$pipe = new OBPipe();
$pipe->activate('alpha');
echo "Hello";
$pipe->activate('bravo');
echo ", world!";
?>

Will print "Hello, world!"