Posted by Joe (GKF) on 10/12/06 01:16

In article <1160531369.194545.148180@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>,
musiccomposition@gmail.com says...
> ob stands for output buffer. What this does is keep all the data you
> print out in a buffer until the end of the script. There, the HTTP
> headers are sent first then the body (this is normal). What normal
> output (just ob_start()) buffering allows you to do is send headers
> even if you've printed out some data. When you pass a parameter to
> ob_start PHP sends the data to the output handler you specified in the
> parameter. ob_gzhandler compresses the output so it takes up less space
> and takes less to travel to the clients browser.

All of which makes it sound like A Good Thing. Thanks for that.
> GKF Joe wrote:
> > I have recently heard about " ob_start('ob_gzhandler'); "
> > but I don't really know how to use it. Should it be a part of every
> > *.php file? Does it need to be "turned off"? I've looked at the manual,
> > but that only confused me. Can someone please tell me what I need to
> > know (which might not even be what I asked).
>

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