PYTHON gzdeflate

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Python replacement for PHP's gzdeflate [ edit | history ] 
#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8

import zlib
import base64

def gzdeflate(string):
    compressed_data = zlib.compress(string)[2:-4]
    return base64.b64encode(compressed_data)



OR a bit longer but much correct way at same time (python 3): 

import zlib
# bytes('some string', encoding='utf-8') to convert string to bytes (an encoding may differs)
def gzdeflate(data: bytes) -> bytes: 
    compressor = zlib.compressobj(9, zlib.DEFLATED, -zlib.MAX_WBITS)
    compressed = compressor.compress(data)
    compressed += compressor.flush()
    return compressed
#output is raw compressed data, you can encode it to base64 by
#base64.b64encode(compresed)

PHP gzdeflate

PHP original manual for gzdeflate [ show | php.net ]

gzdeflate

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5)

gzdeflate — Deflate a string

Description

string gzdeflate ( string $data [, int $level= -1 ] )

This function compress the given string using the DEFLATE data format.

For details on the DEFLATE compression algorithm see the document "» DEFLATE Compressed Data Format Specification version 1.3" (RFC 1951).

Parameters

data

The data to deflate.

level

The level of compression. Can be given as 0 for no compression up to 9 for maximum compression. If not given, the default compression level will be the default compression level of the zlib library.

Return Values

The deflated string or FALSE if an error occurred.

Examples

Example #1 gzdeflate() example

<?php
$compressed = gzdeflate('Compress me', 9);
echo $compressed;
?>

See Also

Zlib Functions
PHP Manual