ob_start: Capturing STDOUT and STDERR

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Hey There,

I looked at the ob_start manual and found a segment of code that can be used
to capture the output of a shell script and place it into a log file.  One
of the entries indicates this should work for both STDOUT and STDERR
(29-Mar-2007).  I wrote the following piece of code to test it out.

function logger($buffer)
      {
		$handle = fopen('/var/log/test.log', 'a');
		fwrite($handle, $buffer);
		fclose($handle);
      }

      ob_start("logger");

This will capture the output buffer until the shell terminates when the
buffer is dumped to the test.log file.  This is a simple mechanism and it
works really well to keep STDOUT from going to the console and logging it.
Unfortunately, STDERR continues to go to the console which is what I am
working to avoid.  

I would like to capture STDOUT and STDERR using this technique. I am working
to create a self contained script that does not rely on some external script
to capture the output.  The actual application needs to perform some
post-processing of the output buffer at the end of the script.

Any pointers in the correct direction would be helpful!  Thanks, Greg


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