Are files automatically GZIP'd?

[shaunthomson]

Hi

I found some htaccess code today that GZIPs your files.

<IfModule mod_gzip.c>
	mod_gzip_on			Yes
	mod_gzip_dechunk	Yes
	mod_gzip_item_include file			\.(html?|txt|css|js|php|pl)$
	mod_gzip_item_include handler		^cgi-script$
	mod_gzip_item_include mime		^text\.*
	mod_gzip_item_include mime		^application/x-javascript.*
	mod_gzip_item_exclude mime		^image\.*
	mod_gzip_item_exclude rspheader	^Content-Encoding:.*gzip.*
</IfModule>

I thought that Apache automatically did this? Or do you have to turn this on?

Would you recommmend turning this on?

[stevenmw]

You need to tell Apache to do it.