<?php
// without OB
echo 'before_ob' . PHP_EOL;
ob_start(); // first level begins
// this line will be in $second
echo 'second_ob' . PHP_EOL;
ob_start(); // second level begins
// these 2 lines will be in $first
echo 'third_ob' . PHP_EOL;
echo '------' . PHP_EOL;
$first = ob_get_clean() . 1;
// this line will be in second
// but w/o previous 2 lines
echo '------' . PHP_EOL;
$second = ob_get_clean() . 2;
// this will output $first consisting of 2 lines.
// and $second without them.
var_dump($second,$first);
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'sodium.so' (tried: /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so (libsodium.so.23: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so (/usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0
before_ob
string(18) "second_ob
------
2"
string(17) "third_ob
------
1"