Extract asc-gzip Encoded Data to XML (.xfd to .xml)

Extract asc-gzip encoded data to XML.

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<?php

$gzip = new COM("Chilkat.Gzip");

//  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
$success = $gzip->UnlockComponent('Anything for 30-day trial.');
if ($success != true) {
    print $gzip->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$fac = new COM("Chilkat.FileAccess");

//  Read a compressed XFDL file and decompress to XML
$strXfdl = $fac->readEntireTextFile('af70.xfd','ansi');
$strXml = $gzip->xfdlToXml($strXfdl);

print $strXml . "\n";
?>