GZWRITE(3)								 1								GZWRITE(3)

gzwrite - Binary-safe gz-file write

SYNOPSIS

       int gzwrite (resource  $zp, string  $string, [int  $length])

DESCRIPTION

       gzwrite(3) writes the contents of $string to the given gz-file.

PARAMETERS

	      o $zp
		- The gz-file pointer. It must be valid, and must point to a file successfully opened by gzopen(3).

	      o $string
		- The string to write.

	      o $length
		-  The	number of uncompressed bytes to write. If supplied, writing will stop after $length (uncompressed) bytes have been written
		or the end of $string is reached, whichever comes first.

	      Note

		      Note that if the $length argument is given, then the magic_quotes_runtime  configuration	option	will  be  ignored  and	no
		     slashes will be stripped from $string.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns the number of (uncompressed) bytes written to the given gz-file stream.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      gzwrite(3) example

	      <?php
	      $string = 'Some information to compress';
	      $gz = gzopen('somefile.gz','w9');
	      gzwrite($gz, $string);
	      gzclose($gz);
	      ?>

SEE ALSO

       gzread(3), gzopen(3).

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