[UPHPU] PHP HTML Compression?

[Jordan S. Jones]

AllAboutMormons.com Webmaster wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I realized recently that I've done all the testing of my website on a
> high-speed internet connection, but that many of my visitors are 
> coming from
> dial-up connections in South and Central America. I would like to be 
> able to
> compress my HTML pages, something like what is described at
> http://www.desilva.biz/php/zlib.html. I've read several PHP tutorials 
> that
> suggest different methods for HTML compression, but I'm not sure which to
> use. I wouldn't worry too much about this decision except that I want to
> make sure I use a method that will compress the content in such a way 
> that
> Google, Yahoo, and MSN can still crawl my site. My specific questions 
> are:
>
> 1) Do you feel that HTML compression is worth it?
>
> 2) Would you mind sending me your suggestions on PHP code for
> Google/Yahoo/MSN-compatible HTML compression?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jacob D. Durrant 

Look into mod_gzip or mod_deflate.

http://www.schroepl.net/projekte/mod_gzip/

Jordan S. Jones