CODEWITHSUNDEEP
phpgzip
Joe
Joe

Reputation: 415

Anyway to improve my gzip PHP method?

I Gzip my pages currently like so:

<?php
     ob_start("ob_gzhandler");

     //my page content

     ob_flush();
?>

However, I read a comment somewhere, earlier on, that this method uses a lot of memory, and I know that my website has been using a lot of memory on my virtual private server, so I thought it would be nice if I knew a way to reduce memory usage.

I tested my site with an online gzip tester which says my websites are sending gzipped pages, so my gzip method works, but the main obviously I'm looking for a less memory intensive option, if any.

I appreciate all suggestions. :) Oh and merry christmas ;P

Upvotes: 3

Views: 302

Answers (4)

&#193;lvaro Gonz&#225;lez
&#193;lvaro Gonz&#225;lez

Reputation: 146380

If it's an option, Apache has a module that's able to perform transparent compression on any file type you configure, including JavaScript, CSS and of course PHP-generated HTML:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/en/mod/mod_deflate.html

Upvotes: 2

Dejan Marjanović
Dejan Marjanović

Reputation: 19380

You can use Apache mod_deflate if you are using Apache v2+ (via .htaccess)

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript text/css text/html text/xml
</IfModule>

I don't think you can optimize anything there, just don't set compression level high, because there are minor changes in size but big in CPU usage.

Also compressing images and other similar content is useless because it is already compressed. Compression works best on text.

Upvotes: 2

Zhasulan Berdibekov
Zhasulan Berdibekov

Reputation: 1087

I apologize for my accent. This perefod from translate.google.com. You use ngix technology. If so look about the module ngx_http_gzip_static_module. They say that it increases the speed of compression. And tell us about your character on your server.

Upvotes: 1

Jon
Jon

Reputation: 437336

Using the zlib.output_compression setting in php.ini may produce better results, as the documentation says it is to be preferred over ob_gzhandler.

Upvotes: 3

Related Questions