ob_start(); // start an output buffer

echo ‘This text is from the w3answers buffer*******<br />’; // output that will be stored in the buffer

$w3buffer = ob_get_contents(); // store buffer content in $w3buffer variable

ob_end_clean(); // stop and clean the output buffer

echo ‘This is not from the w3answers buffer!!!!!!!!<br />’;

echo $w3buffer;