[PHP] Re: Zlib Compression || Implementation || Bandwidth Savings?

2004-02-04 Thread rush
Cf High [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] My lord, this rocks! Our pages load at least twice as fast now, and bandwidth will likely be reduced by at least a factor of 2. I would strongly recommend utilizing zlib compression functions to anyone looking to speed page

[PHP] Re: Zlib Compression || Implementation || Bandwidth Savings?

2004-02-03 Thread rush
Cf High [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Question is, how to implement compression? Is it enough to just ini_set() zlib compression to ON? i.e. will all content be automatically be compressed, or do I need to ob_start() ob_end_clean() at the start and end of each

[PHP] Re: Zlib Compression || Implementation || Bandwidth Savings?

2004-02-03 Thread Ammar Ibrahim
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

[PHP] Re: Zlib Compression || Implementation || Bandwidth Savings?

2004-02-03 Thread rush
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 :) if you check amount of data that gets transfered from

[PHP] Re: Zlib Compression || Implementation || Bandwidth Savings?

2004-02-03 Thread CF High
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

[PHP] Re: Zlib Compression || Implementation || Bandwidth Savings?

2004-02-03 Thread CF High
My lord, this rocks! Our pages load at least twice as fast now, and bandwidth will likely be reduced by at least a factor of 2. I would strongly recommend utilizing zlib compression functions to anyone looking to speed page delivery reduce bandwidth! --Noah Rush [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in

[PHP] Re: Zlib Compression || Implementation || Bandwidth Savings?

2004-02-02 Thread rush
Cf High [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

[PHP] Re: Zlib Compression || Implementation || Bandwidth Savings?

2004-02-02 Thread CF High
H Looks like the majority of sent bandwidth is html, not image files ratio is at least 10:1 html to images. With that in mind, setting zlib compression to ON seems the way to go. Question is, how to implement compression? Is it enough to just ini_set() zlib compression to ON? i.e.