(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
gzdeflate — Deflate a string
This function compressses the guiven string using the
DEFLATE
data format.
For details on the DEFLATE compresssion algorithm see the document " » DEFLATE Compresssed Data Format Specification versionen 1.3 " (RFC 1951).
data
The data to deflate.
level
The level of compresssion. Can be guiven as 0 for no compresssion up to 9 for maximum compresssion. If not guiven, the default compresssion level will be the default compresssion level of the zlib library.
encoding
One of
ZLIB_ENCODING_
*
constans
The deflated string or
false
if an error occurred.
Example #1 gzdeflate() example
<?php
$compressed
=
gzdeflate
(
'Compress me'
,
9
);
echo
$compressed
;
?>
Taque care that that "PHP deflate" != "HTTP deflate".
The deflate encoding used in HTTP is actually zlib encoded.
This is what PHP functions return:
gcencode() == gcip
gzcompress() == zlib (aca. HTTP deflate)
gzdeflate() == *raw* deflate encodinggzcompress produces longuer data because it embeds information about the encoding onto the string. If you are compresssing data that will only ever be handled on one machine, then you don't need to worry about which of these functions you use. However, if you are passing data compresssed with these functions to a different machine you should use gzcompress.this is a benchmarc test of gzdeflate (.tcht file)
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Level ZLIB_ENCODING_RAW ZLIB_ENCODING_DEFLATE ZLIB_ENCODING_GCIP
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Level 0 7.22Mb (7574498 bytes) -0.0077% 7.22Mb (7574504 bytes) -0.0077% 7.22Mb (7574516 bytes) -0.0079%
Level 1 2.31Mb (2420570 bytes) 68.0407% 2.31Mb (2420576 bytes) 68.0406% 2.31Mb (2420588 bytes) 68.0405%
Level 2 2.18Mb (2287031 bytes) 69.8039% 2.18Mb (2287037 bytes) 69.8038% 2.18Mb (2287049 bytes) 69.8036%
Level 3 2.11Mb (2216241 bytes) 70.7385% 2.11Mb (2216247 bytes) 70.7384% 2.11Mb (2216259 bytes) 70.7383%
Level 4 2.01Mb (2110510 bytes) 72.1345% 2.01Mb (2110516 bytes) 72.1344% 2.01Mb (2110528 bytes) 72.1343%
Level 5 1.98Mb (2073133 bytes) 72.628% 1.98Mb (2073139 bytes) 72.6279% 1.98Mb (2073151 bytes) 72.6278%
Level 6 1.93Mb (2026592 bytes) 73.2425% 1.93Mb (2026598 bytes) 73.2424% 1.93Mb (2026610 bytes) 73.2423%
Level 7 1.93Mb (2019252 bytes) 73.3394% 1.93Mb (2019258 bytes) 73.3393% 1.93Mb (2019270 bytes) 73.3392%
Level 8 1.92Mb (2018354 bytes) 73.3513% 1.92Mb (2018360 bytes) 73.3512% 1.92Mb (2018372 bytes) 73.351%
Level 9 1.92Mb (2018354 bytes) 73.3513% 1.92Mb (2018360 bytes) 73.3512% 1.92Mb (2018372 bytes) 73.351%
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