AsseticStaticGzipBundle is a bundle which creates gzipped versions of your css and js files.
It works transparently with AsseticBundle so you don't need to modify your code.
Nginx web server can compress response data on the fly. To save time it can be configured to send an already compressed copy of a file.
Nginx plugin: http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_gzip_static_module.html
Saving CPU time.
Zip extension http://php.net/manual/en/zip.installation.php
PHP 5.3 and UP
via Composer:
php composer.phar require konstantin-kuklin/assetic-static-gzip-bundle
Add to your config file:
assetic_static_gzip:
use: true
level: 9
Option level can be 0-9 and provide level of gzip compression type.
9 - best
0 - without
Option use enables or disables creating compression files
Add bundle to app/AppKernel.php:
new KonstantinKuklin\AsseticStaticGzipBundle\AsseticStaticGzipBundle()
Compression files will be creating with command:
php app/console assetic:dump
Output example:
...
02:08:24 [file+] ...app/../web/css/794c670.css
02:08:24 [gzipped file+] ...app/../web/css/794c670.css.gz
...