PHP Compression and archive--zlib

Most file system functions use Gzip to compress files, and this module can help transparently read gzip compressed files.

Zlib Support in PHP is not enabled by default. Use--with-zlib[=dir when you need to install the PHP configuration).

The following example opens a temporary file to write the test string, and then prints the contents of the file two times.

Example #1 A simple zlib example

<?php    $filename = Tempnam ('/tmp ', ' zlibtest '). '. Gz ';    echo "
Related functions:

Gzclose-close an open gz-file pointer

Gzcompress-compress a string

Gzdecode-decodes a gzip compressed string

Gzdeflate-deflate a string

Gzencode-create a gzip compressed string

Gzeof-test for EOF on a gz-file pointer

Gzfile-read entire gz-file to an array

Gzgetc-get character from Gz-file pointer

Gzgets-get line from File pointer

Gzgetss-get line from Gz-file pointer and strip HTML tags

Gzinflate-inflate a deflated string

Gzopen-open Gz-file

Gzpassthru-output all remaining data on a gz-file pointer

gzputs-alias Gzwrite

Gzread-binary-safe Gz-file Read

Gzrewind-rewind the position of a gz-file pointer

Gzseek-seek on a gz-file pointer

Gztell-tell gz-file pointer read/write position

Gzuncompress-uncompress a compressed string

Gzwrite-binary-safe Gz-file Write

Readgzfile-output a Gz-file

Zlib_decode-uncompress any RAW/GZIP/ZLIB encoded data

Zlib_encode-compress data with the specified encoding

Zlib_get_coding_type-returns the coding type used for output compression

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