XMLWriter Functions
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XMLWriter::flush

xmlwriter_flush

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7, PECL xmlwriter >= 1.0.0)

XMLWriter::flush -- xmlwriter_flushFlush current buffer

Description

Object oriented style

mixed XMLWriter::flush ([ bool $empty = TRUE ] )

Procedural style

mixed xmlwriter_flush ( resource $xmlwriter [, bool $empty = TRUE ] )

Flushes the current buffer.

Parameters

xmlwriter

Only for procedural calls. The XMLWriter resource that is being modified. This resource comes from a call to xmlwriter_open_uri() or xmlwriter_open_memory().

empty

Whether to empty the buffer or not. Default is TRUE.

Return Values

If you opened the writer in memory, this function returns the generated XML buffer, Else, if using URI, this function will write the buffer and return the number of written bytes.


XMLWriter Functions
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