Hey all. No such luck re: just using ini_set() to compress pages........
Rush's link is HIGHLY useful -- thanks Rush! http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/argerich20010125.php3?page=2 Works without a hitch in IE 5+ and NN 4.7+ with PHP 4.2.3 --Noah "Ammar Ibrahim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > if this works for you, could you please post your story in the group. this > is very interesting if you could save 50% of your bandwidth just by turning > the zlib flag :) > > good Luck, > Ammar > > "Cf High" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hey all. > > > > Having a good problem -- our hockey report site has jumped from 10 > > gigs/month to 30+ gigs/month & growing. > > > > We're getting killed in bandwidth fees at the moment; barring switching to > > another host, will utilizing ZLIB compression significantly reduce > > bandwidth? > > > > Also, in terms of ZLIB settings, I've ini_set() zlib compression to ON. > > > > Additionally, do I need to ob_start() (& flush) page output? > > > > I am uncertain how to implement the following: > > > > example.php > > > > <? > > session_start(); > > > > ini_set("zlib.output_compression","ON"); > > ini_set("zlib.output_compression_level",4); > > > > ob_start(); > > > > $page_contents = fopen(** read file contents to variable **); > > > > ob_end_flush(); > > ?> > > > > Thanks for any advice, > > > > --Noah > > > > -- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
