ob_start /ob_get_clean to Email html php content/results

Question

I'm sure there are other better methods that I'm unaware of- just trying to take the simplest approach. Will post additional code as needed:

Selection php results from previous page:

                <div id="stage1sat" class="stageBox">
    <h3>STAGE 1</h3>
    <table>
    <?php

    ob_start();
    if ( ! empty($_POST['id']))
    { foreach($_POST['id'] as $key => $id) { $_POST['id'][$key] = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['id'][$key]); } 
    $in = implode(', ', $_POST['id']); 
    $sqlSAT1 = "SELECT * FROM bandSched WHERE day='saturday' AND stage='stage 1' AND id IN ($in) ORDER BY FIELD(id, $in)"; 

    $result = mysql_query($sqlSAT1) or die('MySQL Error ' . mysql_errno() . ': ' . mysql_error()); 
    }
    if ( ! isset($result))
    {
    echo 'You did not select anything';
    }
    else
    {


    while ($row=mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
    {   

    echo "<tr>";
    echo "<td>". $row['timeShow'] ."</td><td>" . $row['bandName'] . "</td>";
    echo "</tr>";
    }

    }

    ?>
    </table> 
    </div>

EmailProcess.php

      <?php

    $to = $_POST["email"];
    $subject = "FPSF SCHEDULE";
    $message = ob_get_clean();
    $headers = "From: The Server <server@doe.com>" . "\r\n" .
               "Content-type: text/html" . "\r\n";

    mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

  ?>

Answer 1

You can wrap the result of those php files with ob_start() and $message = ob_get_clean() .

Or change those php to write result to a variable (instead of echo ing them).

Answer 2

Not sure on your problem.. Even while reading through the comments. If you have access to the php ini file or the ability to Turn settings on turn output buffering on.