Re: passing gzcompressed output to user

The browser handles the decompress, but you must check for that functionality in the browser. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Lynch" <richard@zend.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] passing gzcompressed output to user > In article <001901bfe9d6$e72666f0$59eb5f18@crocbyte>, mmucha@cfl.rr.com > ("Mark A Mucha") wrote: > > > With Java Servlets, it is possible to send gz compressed output to the > > client. Is there a way to do this in PHP4 ?? > > Does the Java Applet decompress, or the browser?... > > PHP4 can compress it okay, but who's going to decompress? > > To compress PHP4 output itself, use output-buffering feature. > > To compress some other file, check for a built-in gz function (that's > --with-zlib, right?) or use exec('gzip ...'); > -- > Richard Lynch | If this was worth $$$ to you, buy a CD > US Customer Support Director | from one of the artists listed here: > Zend Technologies USA | http://www.L-I-E.com/artists.htm > http://www.zend.com | (this has nothing to do with > Zend, duh!) > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >