an example of using ob_start() (output buffering) to easily write to filesHEADmaster

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+<?php
+
+ob_start();
+
+echo '<?php'; // this will go into our file
+// stop php from interpreting, now write content of file freely!
+?> 
+echo 'hello, world!';
+
+<?php
+echo '?>'; // this will go into our file
+
+$content = ob_get_flush();
+file_put_contents('foo.txt', $content);
+
+?>
+