Re: Zlib Compression || Implementation || Bandwidth Savings?

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" <noah@newminddesign.com> wrote in message news:20040202154436.32395.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > 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 > > --