Update ob_get_status and ob_start documentation - #5260
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ob_get_status()documentsbuffer_sizeas "Output buffer size in bytes", which says nothing about what the number means or why it moves. The linked issue also asks whychunk_sizeof0and1produce differentbuffer_sizevalues.The allocation rule is in
main/php_output.h:Measured on PHP 8.5.4:
So the initial size is 16384 with the default
chunk_size, not one memory page, and any explicitchunk_sizeis rounded up to the next multiple of 4096. Both pages now state that.The flush behaviour of
chunk_size = 1is documented as well, verified with an output callback:echo "A"; echo "B"; echo "C";reaches the callback as three separate chunks withchunk_size = 1, as a single"ABC"with0, and as"AB","CD"with2.Fixes: #3816