# gzgetss

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

gzgetss — Get line from gz-file pointer and strip HTML tags

### Description

string gzgetss ( resource `$zp` , int `$length` [, string `$allowable_tags` ] )

Identical to gzgets(), except that gzgetss() attempts to strip any HTML and PHP tags from the text it reads.

### Parameters

`zp`

  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.

`allowable_tags`

  You can use this optional parameter to specify tags which should not be stripped.

### Return Values

The uncompressed and striped string, or `FALSE` on error.

### ChangeLog

Version | Description
--- | ---
3.0.13 and 4.0.0 | `allowable_tags` was added.

### Examples

Example#1 gzgetss() example

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

### See Also

- gzopen()
- gzgets()
- strip_tags()