Lorderon wrote: > What I want to do is "catch" the output buffer, but do not delay the > buffer > to be sent. How is it done? I see three options here: #1 Call ob_start/ob_get_contents/ob_flush and repeat that a *LOT* within your script, so that you are buffering only a few lines of text at any given time: <?php $BUFFER = ''; ob_start(); echo "Foo!<BR>\n"; $BUFFER .= ob_get_contents(); ob_end_flush(); ob_start(); echo "Bar!<BR>\n"; $BUFFER .= ob_get_contents(); ob_end_flush(); ?> #2 function buffer_print($text){ global $BUFFER; $BUFFER .= $text; print($text); } You could make #2 more fancy by accepting multiple arguments and using echo instead of print internally. #3 Write an extra script that does like this: <?php $file = file($real_url_they_asked_for); $BUFFER = implode('', $file); echo $file; ?> #3 is going to be horrible for large pages, however. It occurs to me that maybe you should tell us WHY you want this, because there could be existing alternatives outside the scope of PHP that we could recommend... Caching servers such as Squid or Accelerators such as Zend Optimizer spring to mind. -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php