Why doesn't buffering work in this case?

Question

WordPress

ob_start();
wp_enqueue_style( ... );
$element = ob_get_contents();
ob_clean();

Why does the variable $elementcontain an empty string and doesn't catch the WordPress function wp_enqueue_style()?

Answer 1

wp_enqueue_style()
Properly adds the stylesheet CSS file. Registers the style file if it has not already been registered.
...
Returns
null. Returns nothing.

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