php man page for readgzfile

READGZFILE(3)								 1							     READGZFILE(3)

readgzfile - Output a gz-file

SYNOPSIS
       int readgzfile (string  $filename, [int	$use_include_path])

DESCRIPTION
	Reads a file, decompresses it and writes it to standard output.

       readgzfile(3)  can  be used to read a file which is not in gzip format; in this case readgzfile(3) will directly read from the file without
       decompression.

PARAMETERS
	      o $filename
		- The file name. This file will be opened from the filesystem and its contents written to standard output.

	      o $use_include_path
		- You can set this optional parameter to 1, if you want to search for the file in the include_path too.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns the number of (uncompressed) bytes read from the file. If an error occurs, FALSE is returned and unless the function was called as
       @readgzfile, an error message is printed.

SEE ALSO
       gzpassthru(3), gzfile(3), gzopen(3).

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