1$Id: README.NEW-OUTPUT-API 219039 2006-08-30 07:39:09Z mike $ 2 3 4API adjustment to the old output control code: 5 6 Everything now resides beneath the php_output namespace, 7 and there's an API call for every output handler op. 8 9 Checking output control layers status: 10 // Using OG() 11 php_output_get_status(); 12 13 Starting the default output handler: 14 // php_start_ob_buffer(NULL, 0, 1); 15 php_output_start_default(); 16 17 Starting an user handler by zval: 18 // php_start_ob_buffer(zhandler, chunk_size, erase); 19 php_output_start_user(zhandler, chunk_size, flags); 20 21 Starting an internal handler whithout context: 22 // php_ob_set_internal_handler(my_php_output_handler_func_t, buffer_size, "output handler name", erase); 23 php_output_start_internal(handler_name, handler_name_len, my_php_output_handler_func_t, chunk_size, flags); 24 25 Starting an internal handler with context: 26 // not possible with old API 27 php_output_handler *h; 28 h = php_output_handler_create_internal(handler_name, handler_name_len, my_php_output_handler_context_func_t, chunk_size, flags); 29 php_output_handler_set_context(h, my_context, my_context_dtor); 30 php_output_handler_start(h); 31 32 Testing whether a certain output handler has already been started: 33 // php_ob_handler_used("output handler name"); 34 php_output_handler_started(handler_name, handler_name_len); 35 36 Flushing one output buffer: 37 // php_end_ob_buffer(1, 1); 38 php_output_flush(); 39 40 Flushing all output buffers: 41 // not possible with old API 42 php_output_flush_all(); 43 44 Cleaning one output buffer: 45 // php_ob_end_buffer(0, 1); 46 php_output_clean(); 47 48 Cleaning all output buffers: 49 // not possible with old API 50 php_output_clean_all(); 51 52 Discarding one output buffer: 53 // php_ob_end_buffer(0, 0); 54 php_output_discard(); 55 56 Discarding all output buffers: 57 // php_ob_end_buffers(0); 58 php_output_discard_all(); 59 60 Stopping (and dropping) one output buffer: 61 // php_ob_end_buffer(1, 0) 62 php_output_end(); 63 64 Stopping (and dropping) all output buffers: 65 // php_ob_end_buffers(1, 0); 66 php_output_end_all(); 67 68 Retrieving output buffers contents: 69 // php_ob_get_buffer(zstring); 70 php_output_get_contents(zstring); 71 72 Retrieving output buffers length: 73 // php_ob_get_length(zlength); 74 php_output_get_length(zlength); 75 76 Retrieving output buffering level: 77 // OG(nesting_level); 78 php_output_get_level(); 79 80 Issue a warning because of an output handler conflict: 81 // php_ob_init_conflict("to be started handler name", "to be tested if already started handler name"); 82 php_output_handler_conflict(new_handler_name, new_handler_name_len, set_handler_name, set_handler_name_len); 83 84 Registering a conflict checking function, which will be checked prior starting the handler: 85 // not possible with old API, unless hardcoding into output.c 86 php_output_handler_conflict_register(handler_name, handler_name_len, my_php_output_handler_conflict_check_t); 87 88 Registering a reverse conflict checking function, which will be checked prior starting the specified foreign handler: 89 // not possible with old API 90 php_output_handler_reverse_conflict_register(foreign_handler_name, foreign_handler_name_len, my_php_output_handler_conflict_check_t); 91 92 Facilitating a context from within an output handler callable with ob_start(): 93 // not possible with old API 94 php_output_handler_hook(PHP_OUTPUT_HANDLER_HOOK_GET_OPAQ, (void *) &custom_ctx_ptr_ptr); 95 96 Disabling of the output handler by itself: 97 //not possible with old API 98 php_output_handler_hook(PHP_OUTPUT_HANDLER_HOOK_DISABLE, NULL); 99 100 Marking an output handler immutable by itself because of irreversibility of its operation: 101 // not possible with old API 102 php_output_handler_hook(PHP_OUTPUT_HANDLER_HOOK_IMMUTABLE, NULL); 103 104 Restarting the output handler because of a CLEAN operation: 105 // not possible with old API 106 if (flags & PHP_OUTPUT_HANDLER_CLEAN) { ... } 107 108 Recognizing by the output handler itself if it gets discarded: 109 // not possible with old API 110 if ((flags & PHP_OUTPUT_HANDLER_CLEAN) && (flags & PHP_OUTPUT_HANDLER_FINAL)) { ... } 111 112 113Output handler hooks 114 115 The output handler can change its abilities at runtime. Eg. the gz handler can 116 remove the CLEANABLE and REMOVABLE bits when the first output has passed through it; 117 or handlers implemented in C to be used with ob_start() can contain a non-global 118 context: 119 PHP_OUTPUT_HANDLER_HOOK_GET_OPAQ 120 pass a void*** pointer as second arg to receive the address of a pointer 121 pointer to the opaque field of the output handler context 122 PHP_OUTPUT_HANDLER_HOOK_GET_FLAGS 123 pass a int* pointer as second arg to receive the flags set for the output handler 124 PHP_OUTPUT_HANDLER_HOOK_GET_LEVEL 125 pass a int* pointer as second arg to receive the level of this output handler 126 (starts with 0) 127 PHP_OUTPUT_HANDLER_HOOK_IMMUTABLE 128 the second arg is ignored; marks the output handler to be neither cleanable 129 nor removable 130 PHP_OUTPUT_HANDLER_HOOK_DISABLE 131 the second arg is ignored; marks the output handler as disabled 132 133 134Open questions 135 136 Should the userland API be adjusted and unified? 137 138 Many bits of the manual (and very first implementation) do not comply 139 with the behaviour of the current (to be obsoleted) code, thus should 140 the manual or the behaviour be adjusted? 141 142END 143
