note 56216 added to ref.zlib

If you need to compress data and send it as "Content-disposition: attachment" and on-the-fly to the client due to the size for example (40Mb) here's a dirty trick using ob_gzhandler() Keep in mind that $str is the content to output. When you start the output call <?php echo ob_gzhandler($str, PHP_OUTPUT_HANDLER_START); ?> Then to output any further content <?php echo ob_gzhandler($str, PHP_OUTPUT_HANDLER_CONT); ?> And to close the output <?php echo ob_gzhandler('', PHP_OUTPUT_HANDLER_END); exit; ?> Only tested on Apache 1.3.33 with PHP 5.0.4 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.zlib.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+56216 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56216&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56216&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56216&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56216&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56216&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56216&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+56216&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php