# http_deflate

(PECL pecl_http:0.15.0-1.5.5)

http_deflate — Deflate data

### Description

string http_deflate ( string `$data` [, int `$flags = 0` ] )

Compress data with gzip, zlib AKA deflate or raw deflate encoding.

See the deflate constants table for possible values for the flags parameter.

### Parameters

`data`

  String containing the data that should be encoded

`flags`

  deflate options

### Return Values

Returns the encoded string on success, or NULL on failure.

### See Also

- http_inflate()
- HttpDeflateStream