gzread
Binary-safe gz-file read
Description
stringfalse gzread(resource $stream, int $length)
Parameters
-
stream
-
The gz-file pointer. It must be valid, and must point to a file
successfully opened by gzopen.
-
length
-
The number of bytes to read.
Return Values
The data that have been read, or false on failure.
Examples
Example #1 gzread example
<?php
// get contents of a gz-file into a string
$filename = "/usr/local/something.txt.gz";
$zd = gzopen($filename, "r");
$contents = gzread($zd, 10000);
gzclose($zd);
?>
See Also
- gzwrite
- gzopen
- gzgets
- gzgetss
- gzfile
- gzpassthru