Re: interesting problem with zlib/ob_gzhandler compression

Well 3 hours later I have a solution.. I turned off output_compression using the ini_set function, within the scripts dynamically generating javascript variables. This wasn't possible earlier, as I think there was a bug that didn't allow me to use ini_set on the zlib.output_compression directive. "Christian Calloway" <callowaylc@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:20040722180747.94650.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > I have ran into a rather interesting problem while zlib or gzip compression > is enabled on my site. I have an external javascript-php file (a javascript > file that is dynamically generated as in filename.js.php) which is included > in the main template using the <script> element (for example <script > src="filename.js.php"></script>). This file defines variables that are used > to populate a javascript drop-down menu. With compression turned on, from > time-to-time, I get a javascript error basically saying that certain > variables have not been defined. At other times it works perfectly; this > phenomenom appears to be completely random. My theory is, with compression > turned on (via php.ini), the external php file does not get placed into the > output buffer until some point in time after the currently executing script > has been compressed. The reason being, is that the file is not included into > the script using a php "require" construct, but rather via HTML's <script> > element. I have played with this forever, and I have not found a solution. > Has anyone else ran into this problem; any suggetions or comments are > greatly welcomed. Thanks in advance, > > Christian