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3 changes: 0 additions & 3 deletions source/connect/connection-options.txt
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.. toctree::

Stable API </connect/connection-options/stable-api>

.. TODO:
Compress Network Traffic </connect/connection-options/network-compression>
Connection Pools </connect/connection-options/connection-pools>

Overview
--------
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123 changes: 123 additions & 0 deletions source/connect/connection-options/network-compression.txt
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.. _php-network-compression:

========================
Compress Network Traffic
========================

.. contents:: On this page
:local:
:backlinks: none
:depth: 2
:class: singlecol

.. facet::
:name: genre
:values: reference

.. meta::
:keywords: zlib, zstandard, zstd, snappy

Overview
--------

In this guide, you can learn how to configure **network compression** for
your connection to MongoDB.

Network compression is a feature that allows you to compress and
decompress messages sent between your application and MongoDB, reducing
the total amount of data passed over the network.

The {+library-short+} supports the following compressors:

1. `Snappy <https://google.github.io/snappy/>`__
#. `Zlib <https://zlib.net/>`__
#. `Zstandard <https://github.com/facebook/zstd/>`__

.. note:: Compressor Selection

If you specify multiple compressors to use on your connection, the
driver selects the first one that is supported by the MongoDB
deployment that the {+library-short+} is connected to.

.. _php-enable-compression:

Enable Network Compression
--------------------------

To enable compression for the connection to your MongoDB deployment, use the
``compressors`` connection option and specify the compression algorithms you want to use.
You can do this in two ways:

- Pass the algorithms as an argument to the ``MongoDB\Client`` constructor.
- Specify the algorithms in your connection string.

The following example shows how to specify Snappy, Zlib, and
Zstandard as the compressors for a connection. Select the :guilabel:`MongoDB\\Client`
or :guilabel:`Connection URI` tab to see the corresponding code:

.. tabs::

.. tab:: MongoDB\\Client
:tabid: Client

.. literalinclude:: /includes/connect/network-compression.php
:language: php
:dedent:
:start-after: start-enable-client
:end-before: end-enable-client

.. tab:: Connection URI
:tabid: connectionstring

.. literalinclude:: /includes/connect/network-compression.php
:language: php
:dedent:
:start-after: start-enable-uri
:end-before: end-enable-uri

Specify the zlib Compression Level
----------------------------------

If you specify ``zlib`` as one of your compression algorithms, you can also use the
``zlibCompressionLevel`` option to specify a compression level. This option accepts
an integer value between ``-1`` and ``9``:

- **-1:** (Default). zlib uses its default compression level (usually ``6``).
- **0:** No compression.
- **1:** Fastest speed but lowest compression.
- **9:** Best compression but slowest speed.

The following example specifies the ``zlib`` compression algorithm and a
``zlibCompressionLevel`` value of ``1``. Select the :guilabel:`MongoDB\\Client`
or :guilabel:`Connection URI` tab to see the corresponding code:

.. tabs::

.. tab:: MongoDB\\Client
:tabid: Client

.. literalinclude:: /includes/connect/network-compression.php
:language: php
:dedent:
:start-after: start-set-level-client
:end-before: end-set-level-client

.. tab:: Connection URI
:tabid: connectionstring

.. literalinclude:: /includes/connect/network-compression.php
:language: php
:dedent:
:start-after: start-set-level-uri
:end-before: end-set-level-uri

API Documentation
-----------------

To learn more about the ``MongoDB\Client`` class, see :phpclass:`MongoDB\Client`
in the library API documentation.

To view a full list of URI options that you can pass to a ``MongoDB\Client``, see the
:php:`MongoDB\Driver\Manager::__construct parameters </manual/en/mongodb-driver-manager.construct.php#refsect1-mongodb-driver-manager.construct-parameters>`
in the extension API documentation.

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<?php

// start-enable-client
$client = new MongoDB\Client(
'mongodb://<hostname>:<port>',
['compressors' => 'snappy,zstd,zlib'],
);
// end-enable-client

// start-enable-uri
$uri = 'mongodb://<hostname>:<port>/?compressors=snappy,zstd,zlib';
$client = new MongoDB\Client($uri);
// end-enable-uri

// start-set-level-client
$uriOptions = [
'compressors' => 'zlib',
'zlibCompressionLevel' => 1,
];

$client = new MongoDB\Client(
'mongodb://<hostname>:<port>',
$uriOptions,
);
// end-set-level-client

// start-set-level-uri
$uri = 'mongodb://<hostname>:<port>/?compressors=zlib&zlibCompressionLevel=1';
$client = new MongoDB\Client($uri);
// end-set-level-uri
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