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(PHP 4 >= 4.0.1, PHP 5)

gzcompress -- Compress a string

Description

string gzcompress ( string data [, int level] )

This function compress the given string using the ZLIB data format.

For details on the ZLIB compression algorithm see the document " ZLIB Compressed Data Format Specification version 3.3 " (RFC 1950).

Parameters

data

The data to compress.

level

The level of compression. Can be given as 0 for no compression up to 9 for maximum compression.

Return Values

The compressed string or FALSE if an error occurred.

Examples

Example 1. gzcompress() example

<?php
$compressed = gzcompress('Compress me', 9);
echo $compressed;
?>

Related Function(s)

gzencode()

gzdeflate()

gzinflate()

gzuncompress()