ob_get_contents() problem

[clunky]

Hi
I was wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to fire this once the page has loaded?
I have two js vars manipulated when an addLoadEvent fires but ob_get_contents() is not getting these new var values, probably due to them not having been created before ob_get_contents() runs.

If it is possible can I add it to my addLoadEvent queue and how?

Cheers

[Kor]

We have not even the slightest idea. How could we know what the hack ob_get_contents() is?

Post the codes.

[Dormilich]

it’s a PHP function (of the output buffer) (ref. (http://php.net/ob-get-contents))


and no, you can’t call ob_get_contents() from JavaScript

[clunky]

Anyway thanks for the, no, can you think of any way of deferring the mail() until after addLoadEvent() events have all finished running please?
Cheers

[Dormilich]

what mail()? in case you’re talking about PHP’s mail() function … no. unless you make an appropriate AJAX request. (server code is always executed before client code)

[clunky]

Hi
I ideally would like to use mail() to send my form but unfortunately there are some calcs happening onload, so I am unable to use the ob_get_contents() *hack* due to the mail() sending before page has finished loading.

Can you suggest an ajax or jquery to handle this please?
Cheers

[Dormilich]

one point to make clear. user events cannot directly affect PHP. PHP happens when a request to the server is made. this is either a page load (actually before the page loads) or an AJAX call.

I have no idea, what this ob_get_contents() hack should be …

if you want to submit your form via email, I recommend sending the form data to the server and build/send the email from there, way more secure and comfortable.

[clunky]

Hi
ob_get_contents() is not a hack, it is a php content buffer, freely available as you pointed out earlier, enabling you to get content from the page.
It has come in very handy in the past and I have tried to use it once again, but this time due to onload events manipulating the dom it will not work.
ob_get_contents() does its stuff before the page has finished loading so my manipulated stuff do not show up. (all the static stuff works fine)

In the past I used ob_get_contents() to grab the page content and mailed it all off to me, very simple, very quick and unobtrusive.

What I need is to be able to let the page finish doing its stuff then get the finished page content back to me without the users interaction.

Any ideas please?

[Dormilich]

you can’t do that. JavaScript is only executed in the browser (resp. a JavaScript executing environment), which is not the place you want it to show up.