How to Use the PHP Function GZIP for Compressing Files
PHP has built-in support for reading and writing compressed files using the zlib library. These compressed files can be delivered to the end-users much faster than regular uncompressed data streams, resulting in improved web page loading times for users. The zlib extension contains versions of many file-access functions, such as fopen( ), fread( ) and fwrite( ) that transparently compress data when writing and uncompress data when reading.
The gzopen function opens a gzip-compressed file in read mode. The contents to be written to the gzip-compressed file are stored in a variable called data, and then the gzip-compressed file is closed using gzclose function.
This is a simple php program that uses the gzopen function to open a gzip-compressed file for writing. The contents to be written to the resulting gzip-compressed file are stored as variables, newfile and data. The gzip-compressed file is then closed using gzclose function. The final output of this php program is the gzip-compressed file itself. This is a very handy function for compressing large files, making them smaller and more efficient to deliver over the Internet. This is a great way to save on disk space and make your website more responsive for your visitors. This is a very easy function to use, just plug in your own input and filenames. This function is also highly customizable with a number of different options for error handling and other settings. See the documentation for more information.