Ticket #18525: 18525.5.diff

Index: wp-includes/functions.php
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--- wp-includes/functions.php   (revision 18899)
+++ wp-includes/functions.php   (working copy)
@@ -3275,13 +3275,54 @@
  * Flush all output buffers for PHP 5.2.
  *
  * Make sure all output buffers are flushed before our singletons our destroyed.
- *
+ * Only use $disable_compression for pages that need to be updated continuously, like updating the core,
+ * or installing plugins, etc.
+ * 
+ * Turn off compression - make sure to flush the buffer BEFORE
+ * turning off compression, see comment from Sam Yong
+ * @link http://php.net/manual/en/function.ob-end-clean.php
+ * 
+ * Turn off mod_deflate
+ * @link http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/env.html#no-gzip
+ * 
+ * For a more detailed explanation of this function, see
+ * @link http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18525
+ * 
+ * @param bool $disable_compression Turn off zlib / gzip compression, attempt to defeat chunking.
+ * @return void
  * @since 2.2.0
  */
-function wp_ob_end_flush_all() {
-       $levels = ob_get_level();
-       for ($i=0; $i<$levels; $i++)
-               ob_end_flush();
+function wp_ob_end_flush_all($disable_compression = false) {
+
+    // If the script is called through CLI for any reason, bail
+    if ( 'cli' == php_sapi_name() )
+        return;
+    
+    // Clean the output buffer
+    $levels = ob_get_level(); 
+    for ($i=0; $i<$levels; $i++) 
+        @ob_end_flush();
+
+    if ( $disable_compression ) {
+        if ( !headers_sent() && ini_get('zlib.output_handler') ) {
+            ini_set('zlib.output_handler', '');
+            ini_set('zlib.output_compression', 0);
+        }
+
+        // Tell apache to send an uncompressed non-chunked response
+        if ( function_exists('apache_setenv') )
+            apache_setenv( 'no-gzip', '1' );
+
+        // Turn off any default output handlers
+        ini_set('output_handler', '');
+        ini_set('output_buffering', false);
+        ini_set('implicit_flush', true);
+
+        // Pad the output by a 4K block to ensure that the server / browser 
+        // considers the output sufficient
+        echo '<!--' . str_repeat(chr(0), 4089) . '-->'; // 4096 bytes
+        flush();
+    }
 }
 
 /**
Index: wp-admin/includes/misc.php
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--- wp-admin/includes/misc.php  (revision 18899)
+++ wp-admin/includes/misc.php  (working copy)
@@ -271,8 +271,7 @@
                        $message = $message->get_error_message();
        }
        echo "<p>$message</p>\n";
-       wp_ob_end_flush_all();
-       flush();
+       wp_ob_end_flush_all(true);
 }
 
 function wp_doc_link_parse( $content ) {
Index: wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php
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--- wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php     (revision 18899)
+++ wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php     (working copy)
@@ -1239,8 +1239,7 @@
        }
 
        function flush_output() {
-               wp_ob_end_flush_all();
-               flush();
+               wp_ob_end_flush_all(true);
        }
 }