string gzread(int zp, int length);gzread() reads up to length bytes from the gz-file pointer referenced by zp. Reading stops when length (uncompressed) bytes have been read or EOF is reached, whichever comes first.
1 2 // get contents of a gz-file into a string 3 $filename = "/usr/local/something.txt.gz"; 4 $zd = gzopen( $filename, "r" ); 5 $contents = gzread( $zd, 10000 ); 6 gzclose( $zd ); 7 |
See also gzwrite(), gzopen(), gzgets(), gzgetss(), gzfile(), and gzpassthru().