yep tried that one ! :-)) it just writes 1 in the gz file ??? > > > > Yes, it is. > > the return value of fopen is a resource of type file. > > var_dump($data); will show that > > if you want to read the data use : fread($data,$buf); > > > > but I think its better with file() function. The example from the docs > show a better method: > > <?php > > $data = implode("", "bigfile.txt"); > > $gzdata = gzencode($data, 9); > > $fp = fopen("bigfile.txt.gz", "w"); > > fwrite($fp, $gzdata); > > fclose($fp); > > ?> > > > > Regards, > > Andrey Hristov > > IcyGEN Corporation > > http://www.icygen.com > > BALANCED SOLUTIONS > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Keith Whyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 4:23 PM > > Subject: [PHP-DB] gzip image files > > > > > > > I create a png dynamically - store the path in mysql. > > > > > > And want to be able to offer the user a zipped version to download > > > Unfortunately haven't been able to get it to work up until now ! > > > I'm sure it's something obvious but........... > > > > > > > > > Open the png > > > $data = fopen('kunden/'.$name.'.png', "rb"); > > > encode it > > > $gzdata = gzencode($data); > > > where to write > > > $fp = fopen('kunden/zip/'.$name.'.gz', "w"); > > > write it > > > fwrite($fp, $gzdata); > > > fclose($fp); > > > > > > what happens is the name gets included in the gz but written to it is > only > > > kunden/example.png > > > > > > Can anyone help ?? > > > > > > thanks in advance > > > regards > > > keith > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]