SV: [Phpgroupware-developers] pdf with mod_deflate and IE

[Sigurd Nes]

> From: Dave Hall address@hidden
> Sent: 2006-07-03 01:35:51 CEST
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] pdf with mod_deflate and IE
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 13:57 -0400, Alan Langford wrote:
> > This should be configurable. I have seen hosting environments where 
> > ownerships and permissions are such that a script does not have write 
> > access to anything in their public html directories. In these cases, you 
> > have little choice but to use /tmp, and it is advisable to prefix the 
> > file names with something unique, such as the session ID.
> > 
> 
> The temp path is already configurable in phpgw.  I always set it to a
> unique dir per install.  Whar is being proposed here sounds different to
> me.  
> 
> I understand what Sigurd is proposing here, but I have some concerns.
> Having a directory in the phpgw doc root which is writable by apache is
> a potential security issue.
> 
> As much as I would like to say stuff IE, that is potentially a large
> section of our user base, so I won't propose that :)  Can we disable
> mod_deflate for IE when outputing a PDF?
> 
> btw I looked at the code and would prefer to see that we delete all
> files in that dir which are more than say an hour old.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Dave
> 

"SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI (?:pdf)$ no-gzip dont-vary"
 Will normally work (as it does on redirect) - but it compresses the result 
anyhow when the pdf-document is created within a php-script.
 
 I don't see how one can disable the mod_deflate for IE except maybe for a 
specific php.file as (don't know if it works):
 
"SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI create_pfd_script.php no-gzip dont-vary"

How about using a .htaccess file - or an alias in httpd.conf - and remove 
handlers and types as:

<Directory /path/to/files>
Options None
AllowOverride None
DirectoryIndex index.html
RemoveHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
RemoveType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3
RemoveType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
</Directory>

Regards

Sigurd