Zlib Functions
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zlib_encode

Compress data with the specified encoding

Description

stringfalse zlib_encode(string $data, int $encoding, int $level = -1)

Compress data with the specified encoding.

Warning

This function is currently not documented; only its argument list is available.

Parameters

data

The data to compress.

encoding

The compression algorithm. Either ZLIB_ENCODING_RAW, ZLIB_ENCODING_DEFLATE or ZLIB_ENCODING_GZIP.

level

Return Values

Examples

Example #1 zlib_encode example

<?php
$str = 'hello world';
$enc = zlib_encode($str, ZLIB_ENCODING_DEFLATE);
echo bin2hex($enc);
?>

The above example will output:

789ccb48cdc9c95728cf2fca4901001a0b045d

See Also

  • zlib_decode