gzgets

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

gzgetsGet line from file pointer

Description

gzgets ( resource $stream [, int $length = 1024 ] ) : string|false

Gets a (uncompressed) string of up to length - 1 bytes read from the given file pointer. Reading ends when length - 1 bytes have been read, on a newline, or on EOF (whichever comes first).

Parameters

stream

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

length

The length of data to get.

Return Values

The uncompressed string, or false on error.

Examples

Example #1 gzgets() example

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

See Also

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