php man page for gzread

GZREAD(3)								 1								 GZREAD(3)

gzread - Binary-safe gz-file read

SYNOPSIS
       string gzread (resource	$zp, int  $length)

DESCRIPTION
       gzread(3)  reads  up to $length bytes from the given gz-file pointer. Reading stops when $length (uncompressed) bytes have been read or EOF
       is reached, whichever comes first.

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 number of bytes to read.

RETURN VALUES
	The data that have been read.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      gzread(3) example

	      <?php
	      // get contents of a gz-file into a string
	      $filename = "/usr/local/something.txt.gz";
	      $zd = gzopen($filename, "r");
	      $contents = gzread($zd, 10000);
	      gzclose($zd);
	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       gzwrite(3), gzopen(3), gzgets(3), gzgetss(3), gzfile(3), gzpassthru(3).

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