- gzdeflate: documentation ( source)
<?php
$start_str = "This is not an honest face?";
$bzstr = bzcompress($start_str);
echo "Compressed String: ";
echo $bzstr;
echo "\n<br />\n";
$str = bzdecompress($bzstr);
echo "Decompressed String: ";
echo $str;
echo "\n<br />\n";
$compressed = gzdeflate('Compress me', 9);
echo $compressed;