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Asked: 2026-05-23T23:24:36+00:00

I have this kind of HTML structure (stripped down for easy readability): <head> <title>My

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I have this kind of HTML structure (stripped down for easy readability):

<head>
<title>My website!</title>
<?php include "myFile.php"; ?>
</head>

...

<div id="header"></div>
<div id="content">
  <?php GetSomeStuff(); ?>
</div>
<div id="footer"></div>

And then I have the myFile.php:

<?php
  ob_start();
   function GetSomeStuff()
   {
     if(something)
      {
      ob_end_clean();
      ?>
        <p>some html here!</p>
      <?php
      ob_start();
      }
   }
  ob_end_clean();
?>

We expect that our HTML will now look like:

<div id="header"></div>
<div id="content">
  <p>some html here!</p>
</div>
<div id="footer"></div>

Well, guess what. This is what it looks like:

<p>some html here!</p>
<div id="footer"></div>

Not only does it insert the p tag at the beginning of the body tag, but it also removes my beautiful header and content divs! Also, my header tag is empty – no title! 🙁

Obviously I am doing something wrong. How can I do this correctly? Please note that the output is gonna be a tad bigger than what I posted here. 😉

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1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team

    Your myFile.php should be as follows:

    <?php
  ob_start();
   function GetSomeStuff()
   {
     if(something)
      {
      ?>
        <p>some html here!</p>
      <?php
      }
   }
  ob_end_clean();
?>
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