Comments on: Compressing Webpages for Fun and Profit

By: Ajay DSouza

Ajay DSouza — Sun, 27 Feb 2005 12:42:27 +0000

I used the zlib compression method you posted above. It worked fine for my php files, however the html files don't get compressed

By: Fitzy

Fitzy — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 04:24:09 +0000

Wow…. I needed to compress a JS array of 290KB on a form of mine, and I found this page, and your one line of code, and bam, compressed to 45K

I didn't put it at the top of the page either, just at the beginning of the bit I needed compressing from. (OO style site).

So thankyou for saving me a lot of time

By: evariste

evariste — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 08:16:46 +0000

This is probably too late to help either of you but maybe it'll help a future person who runs across this. Greg, you probably have a virtual() call in your php. David, use include() instead of virtual(). It does the same thing, except that virtual() starts php inside an Apache module and include() invokes The Real PHP. For some reason this is better when you're using gzip output buffering. Caution: the preceding explanation is probably completely wrong technically, because I don't actually understand how this works, but it's what I've deduced.

By: David

David — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:22:43 +0000

I used the "Alternative" method and it worked fine until I realised it prevents one of my pages from displaying. The reason for this is the page uses a virtual() command to insert the output of a CGI script. So whilst the page itself has a .php extension, and thus passes through the FilesMatch filter, it falls over at the line containing the virtual() command when it is compressed.

Can anyone recommend a way to prevent this particular file from not being compressed, whilst allowing everything else to be compressed? [Its location is http://www.domain.com/search/index.php if that helps.]

By: /bin/true

/bin/true — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Compressing web pages
Scriptygoddess.com is an amazing resource for bloggers and people working with the web. Lots of little scripts and hacks to get your job done. A while back, I tried installing mod_gzip to compress my web pages and aid the children…

By: Mike's QuickLinks

Mike's QuickLinks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Compress Your Web Pages
I just used this very simple method of compressing PHP pages to get my other blog's front page down to 18K from 80K. Your dial-up readers will love you for doing this, and you'll cut down on your bandwidth usage. Thanks to Charles (http://charles.gag...

By: Silent Running

Silent Running — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Serving as a lesson to others
Andrea and Tim's bandwidth scare drew my attention to the concerns of page obesity. Apparently, SR kicks out at around 200k per serving. Supersize it, baby. At this rate, its only a matter of time before the sharks circling the…

By: beautiful-friend.net

beautiful-friend.net — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

gzipped
I gzipped my front page. It should make things load more quickly. Can anyone say that it has?…

By: My friggin' blog!

My friggin' blog! — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

mod_gzip scriptygoddess What a helpful read, thanks! Just got mod_gzip setup on my site, and it cut the page sizes by about 70% according to the logs. WOW! I really wish ...

By: Thoughtprints

Thoughtprints — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

In the Quest for Speed
Following M.'s (anything but ordinary) lead, I have gzipped my front page in the hopes of making it load faster. If you notice a difference in load-time, could you let…