# Enable gzip compression

> To enable gzip compression in PHP use this single line of code: This will add the gzip headers and also tell the browser that the page is compressed using gzip, so that the browser can decompress it easily. I saved…

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To enable gzip compression in PHP use this single line of code:

```php
  <?php
    ob_start("ob_gzhandler");
  ?>
```

This will add the gzip headers and also tell the browser that the page is compressed using gzip, so that the browser can decompress it easily.
I saved around 230% of data transfer per page using gzip.