At 20:07 14/1/2001, Jim Studt wrote:
>Zeev Suraski wrote...
> > I haven't looked into this patch, but can't this be done using the chunked
> > output buffering support? A 4KB buffer should be much more efficient than
> > compressing each and every separate piece of output... The chunked output
> > buffering support made it into 4.0.4, although it's untested, and
> > ob_gzhandler() wasn't yet updated to take advantage of it.
>
>I was unaware of chunked output. I have now read the code. I like
>the idea for very high data throughput servers. I'm not sure it will
>make much difference in a compression situation. The CPU consumed
>doing compression is so much larger than the cost of the extra
>function calls that the compression time will strongly dominate.
I'm not exactly sure as to how gzip compression works, but won't it also
improve the compression ratios? I assume it compresses data in chunks (you
can't really compress 1 byte)...
>I believe chunking will work out-of-the-box with my compression patch,
>if there is someway to do the chunking with the standard output
>handler. I didn't see one but can imagine how to add one. (Allow a 0
>for the handler argument in the two argument form of ob_start(), use
>that to indicate the standard handler). If you like I will add this
>and collect some performance data.
>
>I believe ob_gzhandler will need a major rework to use chunking. The
>trick is that ob_gzhandler puts the header and trailer on the content
>all in one call. If it is going to be called many times for the same
>request then it needs to know which is the first (easy) and which is
>the last (needs new mechanisms elsewhere in php). Proper flushing
>also requires other hooks in both the compression and I think the
>chunking code.
True, ob_gzhandler() will have to hold a state...
Generally I'd rather keep the API the same, if possible. Unless you see a
major advantage to changing it..?
Zeev
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