Return Dynamic Sidebars with get_dynamic_sidebar

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Currently there is no available function to return the contents of a dynamic sidebar. The following code enables developers to return and assign the contents of a dynamic sidebar to a variable within their code.

function get_dynamic_sidebar($index = 1) 
{
	$sidebar_contents = "";
	ob_start();
	dynamic_sidebar($index);
	$sidebar_contents = ob_get_contents();
	ob_end_clean();
	return $sidebar_contents;
}

Thanks to Filosofo for pointing out that we can use ob_get_clean() instead of ob_get_contents() and ob_end_clean(). The use of output buffering is a simple solution until further can be developed.

function get_dynamic_sidebar($index = 1) 
{
	$sidebar_contents = "";
	ob_start();
	dynamic_sidebar($index);
	$sidebar_contents = ob_get_clean();
	return $sidebar_contents;
}