gzfile

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

gzfile — Read entire gz-file into an array

gzfile(string $filename, bool $use_include_path = false): array|false

This function is identical to readgzfile(), except that it returns the file in an array.

filename: The file name.
use_include_path: If set to true, files in the include_path are searched for too.

An array containing the file, one line per cell, empty lines included, and with newlines still attached, or false on failure.

Version	Description
8.5.0	`use_include_path` is now of type bool. Previously, it was of type int.

Example #1 gzfile() example

<?php
$lines = gzfile('somefile.gz');
foreach ($lines as $line) {
echo $line;
}
?>