Re: GZip: NS or HTTP/1.0

On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 08:06:21AM -0600, Brad S. Jackson wrote: > > > I've tested the ob_gzhandler with PHP 4.0.4pl1 and Netscape 4.76 and it works > fine for me. I don't know why some people have problems. > > I doubt it has anything to do with HTTP 1.1 and this can be tested by disabling > 1.1 support in the IE advanced options. > > I think compression is controlled entirely by the browser sending an > Accept-Encoding: gzip header and the server responding > with a Content-Encoding: gzip header. It's possible that the server is > compressing with the deflate method, which I think > Netscape doesn't support. Well.... I never said that NS doesn't support compression. Using the gzhandler works just fine with NS. The problem hower is a different one. The page is shown perfectly, but when you try to print it, NS 'forgets'(?) to decompress it. _That's_ what's wrong. Another thing is 'view source'. Then (I think) NS doesn't decompress either, 'cause NS then says that the document is 'Untitled' and no code is shown _at all_. And for the HTTP-thing I started.... You're exactly right! Painful to see the answer on a question and notice that the answer is _SO SIMPLE_. "Just go to Tools, go to Internet Options, go to Advanced, disabled 'Use HTTP/1.1'". G, and then knowing that I've been developping and testing for years now. Something so extremely simple, and I just _DID NOT THINK ABOUT IT_. Anyway... I disabled it and it makes no difference. Conclusion (for now...): HTTP/1.0 is not the problem, NS is. Another lovely bug from the NS-services. So.... This was a pretty useless try from me. Thanks for attending me to the very basics of IE-testing (...) -- * R&zE: *************************** ** Renze Munnik ** ** E: renze@datalink.nl ** M: +31 6 218 111 43 ***************************