ob_gzhandler: ok to use?

[gametheory]

Hello,

My web host is using PHP 4.0.6 and I'm wondering about doing compression with output buffering using the ob_gzhandler option.

I know there were some bugs with this in previous versions (memory leaks, incorrect headers causing problems with proxies, etc.), and some browsers were not handling it properly.

Should I still be concerned about using it at this point?

[mithril]

I haven't had any problems with it. Just remember that if you're sending headers to force a browser to download a file..... you can't use the ob_gzhandler() function on those specific pages as it will send your file compressed, but not in a recoverable form.

-geoff