[thelist] HTML Output Compression

[J.J. SOLARI]

Dejan Kozina <dejan at kozina.com> wrote:

Dejan,

>I'd go for a simpler solution.
>first add this to the .htaccess:
>'AddType application/x-httpd-php php .htm .html'
>this would send all your HTML files to PHP for processing. As long as
>they do not contain PHP code they'll be sent back to Apache as they are.
>Now, if PHP is installed as an Apache module you just add another line
>to .htaccess: 'php_flag zlib.output_compression on'.
>This should on transparent Zlib compression on everything that is output
>by PHP, including your HTML-only files.
>If this last line causes a 500 Server Error it means that PHP is
>installed as a CGI and you can't control it ffrom .htaccess. This is
>often the case on shared servers, when the admin forces separation
>between users with phpsuexec or something similar. The major part of
>such suexec programs allow you then to configure PHP on a per-directory
>basis putting a php.ini file in each folder. In this case just create a
>php.ini with the line 'zlib.output_compression=On' and you should be OK.

Simple indeed :-)
PHP is installed as a CGI, and the php.ini option is the way to go. I have not
tested thoroughly this solution, for example as to have only one php.ini file
in the parent directory. Whatever...

Thanks for your advice,

JJS.