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i am sending large datasets in JSON format from my android device to my server (using PHP). I want to keep bandwidth costs down. I am wondering: should I gzip compress the JSON data server side before sending the data? is there a javascript gzip uncompression library in php side and what i do in android side?

Sanjay Bhalani
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  • following stackoverflow Question may help you
    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6717165/how-can-i-zip-and-unzip-a-string-using-gzipoutputstream-that-is-compatible-with     –  Jul 21 '15 at 04:53

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You should compress your output JSON, but you can let your php sever side script do it for you. If you use a standard compression on HTTP level the client will decompress that automatically

http://stevehanov.ca/blog/index.php?id=104

If you want to send JSON data single form than use following way 

echo gzencode(json_encode($data));
josliber
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You can compress your JSON output in this way from PHP server.

echo gzencode(json_encode($data));

And for android side you can use "gzip decoder"

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You can use below code 

echo gzencode(json_encode($data));
Brad Larson
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nitin jain
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  • https://www.google.co.in/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=android+gzip+decode&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gfe_rd=cr&ei=bHnhVJjPCOTV8geAjoCAAg – nitin jain Feb 16 '15 at 05:01
  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6717165/how-can-i-zip-and-unzip-a-string-using-gzipoutputstream-that-is-compatible-with – nitin jain Feb 16 '15 at 05:01
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You can use below for compress json

print_r(gzcompress($data));
Sasikumar Murugesan
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