Title: Turn off php output buffering Last modified: June 21, 2024 --- # Turn off php output buffering * Resolved [chrisce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisce/) * (@chrisce) * [1 year, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/turn-off-php-output-buffer/) * Hello, * I would like to start with saying great plugin! But for some reason it seems that the plugin turns on PHP output buffering , not making it possible to output php echo as the script runs, instead it saves everything in memory and then prints everything at the same time when the script is done. I my case, I’m importing products from a feed, with a response after each product import – It seems that this plugins turns on PHP buffering. * I have come to this conslusion by disabling and uninstalling the plugin, then its works fine. When installing and enabling the plugin, I can’t see any output more instead it outputs all the echos in the end when the script is done running and not while it’s running. * Is it possible to fix that php buffering is turned to off or not override this setting? * Best regards, Chris - This topic was modified 1 year, 12 months ago by [chrisce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisce/). Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Plugin Support [qtwrk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qtwrk/) * (@qtwrk) * [1 year, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/turn-off-php-output-buffer/#post-17843581) * the output buffer is the core function of our plugin , if you don’t buffer it, the page optm will not be possible as it sends to brwoser directly as it outputs and obvious you can not use PHP to modify the HTML source code that sends to browser already. * if you know what is the request URI of your importing , I can help you to disable our plugin on that specific URL. * Thread Starter [chrisce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisce/) * (@chrisce) * [1 year, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/turn-off-php-output-buffer/#post-17843825) * Hi, * The structure for my website is as follows: * ```wp-block-code public_html (wp installation is in public_html)- .... (wordpress installation files...)-- ceeglo-engine----import------ run.sh -> calling init.php------ init.php------ logs (folder) ``` * init.php calls wp-load, it seems like as soon as wp-load is included in my file, the buffering is on.Init.php file start like this: * ```wp-block-code // Run init for import functionsif (!defined('ABSPATH')) {    define('ABSPATH', '/home/account/domains/DOMAIN/public_html/');}require_once ABSPATH . '/wp-load.php';require_once ABSPATH . '/wp-includes/wp-db.php';require_once ABSPATH . '/wp-includes/pluggable.php'; ``` * Best regards, Chris * Plugin Support [qtwrk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qtwrk/) * (@qtwrk) * [1 year, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/turn-off-php-output-buffer/#post-17843829) * I’d suggest this * add `define('LSCWP_V', '1');` before you load wp-load.php , once this constant is defined before our plugin does, our plugin will exit immediately before actually initialize * but you may need to check if there is any purge problem after this , like if you import something that requires cache purge * Thread Starter [chrisce](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisce/) * (@chrisce) * [1 year, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/turn-off-php-output-buffer/#post-17843836) * Hi again, * Lovely, I will try it out. I agree with you regarding the cache problem, I’m inserting massive amount of products, Is there a function I can call in order to purge cache after the script is done running? * Best regards, Chris * Plugin Support [qtwrk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qtwrk/) * (@qtwrk) * [1 year, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/turn-off-php-output-buffer/#post-17843843) * just a quick thinking * create another , separated file , with code like * ```wp-block-code