Gzipping

[ahmed.abdelsamad]

Hi All
i am working on a XAMPP
1.7.4
[PHP: 5.3.5]
on localhost
i am trying to Gzip my files.
i am writting this piece of code at the top of my .php file

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<?php
if (substr_count($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING'], 'gzip')) {
   ob_start("ob_gzhandler");
    }
?>

But when i check the http headers using firebug the header doesn't show that the data was gzipped and the file size was exactly the same. Do i need to start any certain modules or change anything in the php.ini file ..?!
Thank you in advance

[Nobbie]

1) You dont need you check whether "gzip" is supported by the browser, because ob_gzhandler() automatically checks, if the browser supports gzip. Remove that if-clause.

2) ob_gzhandler requires the zlib extension

3) ... you easily could find that on yourself by reading the original php doc http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ob-gzhandler.php