Gzip compressed or not ?

[nic0las]

Hi,

I added a "ob_start("ob_gzhandler");" at the top of my php pages to compress
the output using the gZip lib.
But i'm not sure the page is really compressed, since it's completely
transparent to the user.

Is there a way to know if the page is compressed or not ?

Plus I just wrote "ob_start("ob_gzhandler");" one time, in the index page of
my site, which contains includes for the other pages to be displayed into
the index (using "index.php?page=stuff_to_include", you know).

Must I add "ob_start("ob_gzhandler");" on all the pages, even if they are
displayed into "index.php", that already contains that function ?

Thanks in advance for your help!

[Anon]

You only have to use "ob_start("ob_gzhandler");" on index.php.

To test, telnet to your webserver

telnet yourhost.com 80

And write

GET /index.php?page=yelly_beens HTTP/1.1

Host: yourhost.com
Accept-Encoding: gzip

The you should get the page compresed if it works!

--meriksson