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To: Rene Veerman <rene.veerman.netherlands@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP] feature request : gzip caching
From: josh.kehn@gmail.com (Joshua Kehn)

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Apache handles gzipping just fine. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/=
mod_deflate.html

> and my PHP handles static file serving only when needed, when evaluating c=
ontent and js for specific URLs

I'm not sure why that would be required. Why doesn't the HTML reference the a=
ssets required directly?

> and for noobish developers it might be very convenient to add this to php r=
eadfile() afterall

Convenient and right are often two different ways to solve a problem. I try t=
o not offer convenient solutions that are not right.=20

--jk

> On Aug 27, 2016, at 3:04 PM, Rene Veerman <rene.veerman.netherlands@gmail.=
com> wrote:
>=20
> yea ok.. "something upstream".. is that nginx easy to stack above / next t=
o / under apache2? i'm really used to apache2..
> and for noobish developers it might be very convenient to add this to php r=
eadfile() afterall..
>=20
> and my PHP handles static file serving only when needed, when evaluating c=
ontent and js for specific URLs to fit in a common HTML site template for in=
stance..
> you know of a better way? i'm all ears :)
>=20
>> On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 9:00 PM, Joshua Kehn <josh.kehn@gmail.com> wrote:=

>> Why is PHP handling static file serving? This is squarely outside of it's=
 domain. Have nginx or something upstream handle gzipping content.
>>=20
>> --jk
>>=20
>> > On Aug 27, 2016, at 1:22 PM, Rene Veerman <rene.veerman.netherlands@gma=
il.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > eh no, i'm a big fan of caching output in js / json cache files :)
>> > but those still need to get gzipped... not just my main JS file, also m=
y
>> > photoalbum contents -> another 1Mb of JSON content...
>> >
>> > On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 7:19 PM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co=
.uk>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 27 August 2016 17:52:48 BST, Rene Veerman <rene.veerman.netherlands=
@
>> >> gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> Hi..
>> >>>
>> >>> First off, i love PHP. Many thanks for keeping it free too.
>> >>>
>> >>> However, i've noticed that gzipping the 1Mb of javascript that my
>> >>> seductiveapps.com needs, takes a relatively long time (measured over a=

>> >>> total page load time which i'd like to bring down from it's current 1=
0
>> >>> seconds, about a second or even more is spent gzipping (by a core i5
>> >>> machine))..
>> >>
>> >> Are you building the js each time it's requested? Have you thought abo=
ut
>> >> building it as a deployment step for production?
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> At one time, i spent time building PHP code that cached the
>> >>> already-gzipped
>> >>> content and outputted that with just readfile().. But i never got it t=
o
>> >>> work a second time, unfortunately..
>> >> Why don't you want the web server to handle the gzip side of things? I=
t
>> >> would make more sense surely?
>> >>
>> >>> Could you pretty please add this to the core of PHP? Shouldn't be tha=
t
>> >>> hard
>> >>> for the internals team right?..
>> >>>
>> >>> Many thanks in advance for even considering to do this..
>> >>>
>> >>> with regards,
>> >>> Rene Veerman,
>> >>> CEO + CTO of seductiveapps.com
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
>> >>
>=20

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