Apache output compression working for CSS/JS but not PHP
I have this in my .htaccess
:
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
<FilesMatch "\.(js|css|php)$">
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
</FilesMatch>
</IfModule>
Testing files on my site, it seems that *.js
and *.css
files are being compressed fine. However, my PHP files are not. These are all direct PHP files, not rewritten in any way or using query parameters - like http://example.com/folder/page.php
.
Why would this not be working? I'm on shared hosting so can't change the server myself, but is there something specific I can ask my host to change? (Also, I know about using gzip in PHP, I'd prefer a simpler site-wide solution)
Solution 1:
Compression can be enabled php site wide with this entry in "php.ini":
zlib.output_compression = On
or in .htaccess:
php_flag zlib.output_compression on
This site has a good writeup:
[http://www.mybelovedphp.com/2006/11/29/how-to-use-gzip-compression-on-your-php-websites/][1]