http compression--on shared server so gzip won't work-not sure how to work zlib

How do I know if my server supports zlib?

I’m on a shared server (Hostgator) so can’t use gzip and I’m trying to find a way to get http compression. If I un-comment the two bottom lines below it doesn’t make any difference.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

# Reduce server overhead by enabling output compression if supported.
#php_flag zlib.output_compression On
#php_value zlib.output_compression_level 5

Thanks!
Jules

I have one tool for SEO:

http://www.seositecheckup.com/

where have section about:

- Page Size (Uncompressed)
- Page Compression Status
- Page Caching Check

etc.

Try...

:)

You may want to give Minify a look:

http://code.google.com/p/minify/

That looks like a great site, thanks for the link. I’m interested in the ob_gzhandler

I found this http://www.undesign.com.au/gzip_compression_hostgator.php and it worked great, BUT somehow it interfered with the javascript on the page. Not sure about the details because everything rendered as it should when I tested the site, but my client called and said that the tabs were displaying under each other and the menu tree was loading open. I removed: output_handler = ob_gzhandler from the php.ini file and all worked as before.

at http://us2.php.net/ob_gzhandler it looks like they want you to add the following to each page. I was hoping to not have to do something like this. Is there not some way that this can be handled with in the .htaccess or php.ini file?

@j_p - I actually have used minify before and was kinda holding out to see if I could use some sort of command in the htaccess or php.ini file.

When I saw the zlib.output_compression code already in the htaccess file that comes with MODx I thought maybe there was a simpler way of doing it. But since I’m not very familiar with this type of stuff I just don’t know what to do with it.

Thanks for your input, it’s my back-up plan:-)
~Jules

@j_p - well I ended up using the minify. I just couldn’t find a better option for the situation.

Thanks everyone!
Cheers! Jules

Good stuff.

I tried everything else to get everything gzipped on my shared hosting - Minify is the only thing that seems to work for me as well.