Apache problems (was: "Gzip compression disabled?")

[Un chien andalou]

Hi.
I'm using the icr38 free hosting.
The service is superb, but... can i ask why the gzip compressione is disabled?

gzencode, gzcompress, ob_gz_handler etc are all disabled and $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING'] doesn't return anything.

Now i'm using the zlib compression and i don't have any problem right now, but i would like to know why it is disabled

Thanks and sorry for my poor english

[Andrew]

Actually, by default all outgoing traffic is compressed when it comes to webpages, scripts, etc... on the free hosting network, we enabled it to help speed things up awhile back.

Essentially, by trying to use gzip on your site, you're compressing already compressed data, zipping a zip file if you will to eek out a few more bits of compression.

PS: Your English is fine

[Un chien andalou]

hm...

anyway, i have another prob: the server send automatically a "Pragma: no cache" header for php files
This is ok for dynamic content but when using php for compressing css and js files (like me ) sending "Pragma: no cache" means that the css/js will never be cached by the browser (they are 70+kb!)

i've tried both

Code:

Header unset Pragma

and

Code:

Header set Pragma "public"

in the htaccess, and even

Code:

header('Pragma: public');

in the php script but none of these works, actually (they works for other headers but not with Pragma?!)

Any other ideas?

It's the pragma header really necessary?

[Andrew]

If I recall, PHP being a dynamic programming environment where anything is subject to change, automatically adds the no cache headers to anything it creates such as, a CAPTCHA image for example.

[Un chien andalou]

If I recall, PHP being a dynamic programming environment where anything is subject to change, automatically adds the no cache headers to anything it creates such as, a CAPTCHA image for example.

maybe, but on my local server there is no such header in the server response

Anyway, i *think* i've resolved the issue: the solution is to simply (mod_)rewrite the extension of the files (style.php -> style.css for example).
But i'm suffering from headaches trying to figure out what to do with the .php stuff.

Thanks, anyway.

P.S. I noticed the iframe when a php error is displayed... that's ok for me but what about the cookies?
I hope they're not tracking cookies or things like that