[Plugin: W3 Total Cache] zlib.output_compression

I looked in those files and there is no php.ini there. I didn’t have that file at all until I got the w3 total cache plugin.
When I was first trying to use a cache program a tech guy from my server was shocked that I had no php.ini. I think that is something that is a trait of the theme I use (inove 1.2.3). We were never able to find the zlib script at all.
At the time I was trying to use Super-Cache. I never got it working so no I’m using Total-cache it is helping but I’m sure I don’t have it set up right(mainly because of the message telling me to disable the zlib).

Create the php.ini for those 3 folders and see if that fixes it. You go to your file manager and navigate to the folder then choose create file from above. Copy that code and name it php.ini – Do that for all 3 places mentioned and see if that helps.

I have done all these things and still I get this message when I got to the w3 total cache settings:
Either the PHP configuration, Web Server configuration or a script somewhere in your WordPress installation is has set zlib.output_compression to enabled.
Please locate and disable this setting to ensure proper HTTP compression management.
In my php.ini file it says that the zlib.output is off:
[PHP]
zlib.output_compression = off
zlib.output_compression_level = 0
auto_prepend_file = “pre.php”
short_open_tag = 0
I thought this might be a problem with the particular theme I was using so I’ve tried another. Now that I think about it I tried the twenty ten theme once with the same result. My blog does load much faster now but I’m still not sure it’s caching right becuase of the error message about zlib.output.
Can anyone help?

If your php.ini file says that you didn’t follow the directions correctly. In a post on the first page code is posted. Here it is between the dashed lines:

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; any text on a line after an unquoted semicolon (;) is ignored
[php] ; section markers (text within square brackets) are also ignored
; Boolean values can be set to either:
; true, on, yes
; or false, off, no, none
register_globals = off
track_errors = yes

zlib.output_compression = off

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If your php.ini files (there are at least 4) have anything else then it isn’t what worked for me. The 3 additional folders are also posted at the end of page 1 in this thread. There is also the root folder of the website. Here is a screenshot of my main php.ini

https://imageshack.us/f/703/snap20110504115633.gif/

That is in the root folder and it is also in the 3 other folders mentioned earlier. What you posted is NOT the same thing. When you can show me all 4 php.ini files in those locations I will believe you didn’t get it fixed with my solution. IF you can NOT get it fixed contact your host provider. This is what worked for me.

BTW I used MWSnap (its free) for the screenshot and just used an add cursor edit to hide the url behind the stop symbols.