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From what I remember, Apache will send you a single chunk if you have it on, for example:

  <? 
  echo 'Hey<br>';
  flush();
  ob_flush();
  sleep(20);
  echo 'Bye';
  ?>
Will send you "Hey<br>Bye" after 20sec instead of what you would expect (which does work with gzip off).

Besides, even if you manage to stream it, I imagine inflating partially received content is not trivial for the browser.



Gzip is a streaming format -- it's designed as a compressed format for communication streams. Browsers have no trouble with this. The Apache behavior you describe is probably related to buffering settings, which I think can be configured.




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