Increasing the speed of the forum

[BoYagoob]

Hello,
I read in a forum that:

if I put this code in the header template :

<?php
ob_start( 'ob_gzhandler' );
?>

This will speed up the speed of accessing the forum .. is it right ?

And does it couse any disadvantages in my forum ?

Regadrs ..

[Zachery]

vBulletin already has a gzip option ;) just turn it on, no need to add that to the header teplate as it wouldn't work anyway ;)

[BoYagoob]

Thanks alot sir ..

Q: How can I make sure that this feauter is enable .. Like this:

Admincp >> vBulletin Options >> Cookies and HTTP Header Options :

- GZIP HTML Output: Yes.
- GZIP Compression Level: 1.

1. Is this right?

2. and what is the advantages of the level number 1, 2, 3, ..., 9.

Thanks for your help ..

Regadrs ..

:)

[Zachery]

Yes that is right.

1 will offer the best ammount of compression for the cpu usage, higher numbers result in signifcatly less compression, and cost more CPU usage.

1 is the best setting

[BoYagoob]

aha ..

thanks alot sir for your support and these useful information ..

Regards ..

:)

[xmitchx]

Just a question... if 1 is the best setting and higher numbers cause "significantly less compression," why does vB offer the option to change it?

[Zachery]

Because they are there already, someoone might really want to use 9 to get the extra .06% compression....

[xmitchx]

Because they are there already, someoone might really want to use 9 to get the extra .06% compression....
Hahahah :)