[mod_python] set_error_page and output buffering

Gregory (Grisha) Trubetskoy grisha at modpython.org
Tue Aug 17 11:04:56 EDT 2004


By "getting back" I meant having any access to it. Once it's written out, 
the data becomes owned by the next module/filter in the filter chain. The 
only way to do this would be for mod_python to do its own buffering, 
which it does not.

Grisha

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Iker Arizmendi wrote:

> I don't need to get it back, I just need to clear it so
> I can send just the error page without any dangling output
> from the faulty page. I guess one solution is to write the
> output to a buffer in Python code and only call req.write
> once all processing is complete. But this would eliminate
> the need for PSP (unless PSP offers a way to direct it's
> output to my own buffer).
>
> Iker
>
>
> Gregory (Grisha) Trubetskoy wrote:
>> 
>> Hmm... The buffer that buffers output is controlled by Apache, and AFAIK 
>> once something's been written to it, you cannot get it back.
>> 
>> Grisha
>> 
>> On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Iker Arizmendi wrote:
>> 
>>> One problem I've encountered with using set_error_page()
>>> for error handling is that often the faulty page has already
>>> generated some output when the error is encountered. This
>>> results in garbled pages with bits from both the error-raising
>>> page and the error-catching page.
>>> 
>>> Is there some way to get around this?
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Iker
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Iker Arizmendi wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Thanks Greg. Is there a method that clears the
>>>> current output buffer as well?
>>>> 
>>>> Gregory (Grisha) Trubetskoy wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yes, by default PSP does not flush the output buffer until the very 
>>>>> end which looks like what PHP ob_start func enables. If you want to 
>>>>> force a flush from within PSP, you can always call req.flush().
>>>>> 
>>>>> Grisha
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Iker Arizmendi wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Does the PSP handler support output buffering?
>>>>>> Something along the lines of ob_start under PHP? If
>>>>>> explicit support is not there, is there some other
>>>>>> way to accomplish the same thing?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Iker
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>
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