compression test

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/system/database/DB_driver.php b/system/database/DB_driver.php
index d63a1d955..4296815f8 100644
--- a/system/database/DB_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/DB_driver.php
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ abstract class CI_DB_driver {
 	public $char_set		= 'utf8';
 	public $dbcollat		= 'utf8_general_ci';
 	public $autoinit		= TRUE; // Whether to automatically initialize the DB
+	public $compress		= TRUE;
 	public $swap_pre		= '';
 	public $port			= '';
 	public $pconnect		= FALSE;
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
index be61aab20..475857c84 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ class CI_DB_mysqli_driver extends CI_DB {
 	 */
 	public function db_connect()
 	{
+		if ($this->compress === TRUE)
+		{
+			$port = NULL;
+
+			$mysqli = mysqli_init();
+			return $mysqli->real_connect($this->hostname, $this->username, $this->password, $this->database, $port, NULL, MYSQLI_CLIENT_COMPRESS);
+		}
+
 		return empty($this->port)
 			? @new mysqli($this->hostname, $this->username, $this->password, $this->database)
 			: @new mysqli($this->hostname, $this->username, $this->password, $this->database, $this->port);