clear up some gzip/deflate confusion (of course, gzencode is undocumented, which leaves a bit of a hole)

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jim winstead 2001-01-23 02:29:41 +00:00
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@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ gzclose ($zd);
<refentry id="function.gzcompress">
<refnamediv>
<refname>gzcompress</refname>
<refpurpose>Gz-compress a string</refpurpose>
<refpurpose>Deflate a string</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
@ -623,11 +623,19 @@ gzclose ($zd);
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
<para>
This function returns a gzip-compressed version of the input
<parameter>data</parameter> or false on errors. The optional
parameter <parameter>level</parameter> can be given as 0 for no
This function returns a compressed version of the input
<parameter>data</parameter> using the deflate algorithm,
or false if an error is encountered. The optional parameter
<parameter>level</parameter> can be given as 0 for no
compression up to 9 for maximum compression.
</para>
<note>
<para>
This is <emphasis>not</emphasis> the same as gzip compression,
which includes some header data. See <function>gzencode</function>
for gzip compression.
</para>
</note>
<para>
See also <function>gzuncompress</function>.
</para>
@ -637,7 +645,7 @@ gzclose ($zd);
<refentry id="function.gzuncompress">
<refnamediv>
<refname>gzuncompress</refname>
<refpurpose>Uncompress a gz-compressed string</refpurpose>
<refpurpose>Uncompress a deflated string</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
@ -652,9 +660,9 @@ gzclose ($zd);
</funcsynopsis>
<para>
This function takes <parameter>data</parameter> compressed by
<function>gzcompress</function> and returns the orignial
<function>gzcompress</function> and returns the original
uncompressed data or false on error. The function will return an
error if the uncompressed data is more than 256 times the lenght
error if the uncompressed data is more than 256 times the length
of the compressed input <parameter>data</parameter> or more than
the optional parameter <parameter>length</parameter>.
</para>