[Answered] Php7 And Zlib Compression

[fwfxf8uv]

Hi. Can I have "zlib.output_compression" enabled for php7.1.6?

 

Thanks.

Edited July 13, 2017 by isobar

[Krydos]

It's already in there http://krydos.heliohost.org/71/phpinfo.php

[fwfxf8uv]

After I posted the question, I noticed that zlib was already enabled.

But "zlib.output_compression" is "Off". So I edited my question.

 

Is it ok to set that to On or some size for the buffer? Will that break anything?

 

Thanks again.

Edited July 13, 2017 by isobar

[Krydos]

We already have mod_deflate installed which does the same thing, but works for all file types not just php files.

 

Put something like this in your .htaccess to enable it

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

You can test your pages to see if it's enabled properly by using a tool like this http://www.whatsmyip.org/http-compression-test/

[fwfxf8uv]

Thank you. I will try that to see if it makes mediawiki faster:

 

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2006-October/015262.html

[bdistler]

Krydos, on 12 Jul 2017 - 9:51 PM, said:

Put something like this in your .htaccess to enable it...

-

Enabling mod_deflate (gzip compression) in cPanel

 

in box [ Software ] - click on [ Optimize Website ]

 

select [ Compress all content ]

 

click on [ Update Settings ]

 

-OR-

 

select [ Compress the specified MIME types. ]

to limit which types of content are compressed - input the particular MIME (file) types you want to compress

(e.g. text/html text/plain text/xml text/css application/xml application/xhtml+xml application/rss+xml application/javascript application/x-javascript )

 

NOTE: it is best not to add image, video, audio, PDF or other types of binary files - these file formats are already compressed - so it is not necessary to compress these further

 

once you have set your file types - click on [ Update Settings ]

 

-OR-

 

to turn off gzip compression - select [ Disabled ] - click on [ Update Settings ]

 

-AND-

 

test your site (URL) at http://www.whatsmyip.org/http-compression-test/

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Edited July 14, 2017 by bdistler

[Krydos]

@bdistler, oh cool, I didn't even know there was an option for that in cpanel. Thanks for pointing that out.

[fwfxf8uv]

bdistler, I am using that method now, it really speeds up the website. Thanks.

Edited July 16, 2017 by fwfxf8uv