Take care that that "PHP deflate" != "HTTP deflate".
The deflate encoding used in HTTP is actually zlib encoded.
This is what PHP functions return:
gzencode() == gzip
gzcompress() == zlib (aka. HTTP deflate)
gzdeflate() == *raw* deflate encoding
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
gzdeflate — 文字列を deflate 圧縮する
この関数は、DEFLATE データフォーマットを用いて
与えられた文字列を圧縮します。
DEFLATE 圧縮アルゴリズムについての詳細は、 "» DEFLATE Compressed Data Format Specification version 1.3" (RFC 1951) を参照ください。
data収縮させるデータ
level圧縮レベル。圧縮しない場合に0、最大限の圧縮をする場合に9を指定可能です。 指定しない場合、デフォルトの圧縮レベルは zlib ライブラリのデフォルト圧縮レベルになります。
encoding
定数 ZLIB_ENCODING_* のいずれか。
収縮された文字列、もしくはエラーの場合 false 。
例1 gzdeflate() の例
<?php
$compressed = gzdeflate('Compress me', 9);
echo $compressed;
?>
Take care that that "PHP deflate" != "HTTP deflate".
The deflate encoding used in HTTP is actually zlib encoded.
This is what PHP functions return:
gzencode() == gzip
gzcompress() == zlib (aka. HTTP deflate)
gzdeflate() == *raw* deflate encodinggzcompress produces longer data because it embeds information about the encoding onto the string. If you are compressing data that will only ever be handled on one machine, then you don't need to worry about which of these functions you use. However, if you are passing data compressed with these functions to a different machine you should use gzcompress.this is a benchmark test of gzdeflate (.txt file)
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Level ZLIB_ENCODING_RAW ZLIB_ENCODING_DEFLATE ZLIB_ENCODING_GZIP
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Level 0 7.22Mb (7574498 bytes) -0.0077% 7.22Mb (7574504 bytes) -0.0077% 7.22Mb (7574516 bytes) -0.0079%
Level 1 2.31Mb (2420570 bytes) 68.0407% 2.31Mb (2420576 bytes) 68.0406% 2.31Mb (2420588 bytes) 68.0405%
Level 2 2.18Mb (2287031 bytes) 69.8039% 2.18Mb (2287037 bytes) 69.8038% 2.18Mb (2287049 bytes) 69.8036%
Level 3 2.11Mb (2216241 bytes) 70.7385% 2.11Mb (2216247 bytes) 70.7384% 2.11Mb (2216259 bytes) 70.7383%
Level 4 2.01Mb (2110510 bytes) 72.1345% 2.01Mb (2110516 bytes) 72.1344% 2.01Mb (2110528 bytes) 72.1343%
Level 5 1.98Mb (2073133 bytes) 72.628% 1.98Mb (2073139 bytes) 72.6279% 1.98Mb (2073151 bytes) 72.6278%
Level 6 1.93Mb (2026592 bytes) 73.2425% 1.93Mb (2026598 bytes) 73.2424% 1.93Mb (2026610 bytes) 73.2423%
Level 7 1.93Mb (2019252 bytes) 73.3394% 1.93Mb (2019258 bytes) 73.3393% 1.93Mb (2019270 bytes) 73.3392%
Level 8 1.92Mb (2018354 bytes) 73.3513% 1.92Mb (2018360 bytes) 73.3512% 1.92Mb (2018372 bytes) 73.351%
Level 9 1.92Mb (2018354 bytes) 73.3513% 1.92Mb (2018360 bytes) 73.3512% 1.92Mb (2018372 bytes) 73.351%
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