My shared server does not allow the mod_gzip or mod_deflate option. So, the only way I can figure to gzip my pages are through PHP. I have added this line of code to the header.php file:
<?php
ob_start( 'ob_gzhandler' );
?>
However, when I go to check websites for compression, it says my site is not compressed. Am I doing something wrong? Is there another way to compress (without sending through an alternate php file)?