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gzgetss

GZGETSS(3)								 1								GZGETSS(3)

gzgetss - Get line from gz-file pointer and strip HTML tags

SYNOPSIS

       string gzgetss (resource  $zp, int  $length, [string  $allowable_tags])

DESCRIPTION

	Identical to gzgets(3), except that gzgetss(3) attempts to strip any HTML and PHP tags from the text it reads.

PARAMETERS

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

	      o $length
		- The length of data to get.

	      o $allowable_tags
		- You can use this optional parameter to specify tags which should not be stripped.

RETURN VALUES

	The uncompressed and stripped string, or FALSE on error.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      gzgetss(3) example

	      <?php
	      $handle = gzopen('somefile.gz', 'r');
	      while (!gzeof($handle)) {
		 $buffer = gzgetss($handle, 4096);
		 echo $buffer;
	      }
	      gzclose($handle);
	      ?>

SEE ALSO

       gzopen(3), gzgets(3), strip_tags(3).

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