gzread() 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
zp
The gz-file pointer. It must be valid, and must point to a file successfully opened by gzopen().
length
The number of bytes to read.
Return Values
The data that have been read.
Examples
Example #1 gzread() 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); ?>