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GZip Decompress File

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Demonstrates how to uncompress a .gz compressed file to get the uncompressed original file.

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<?php

$success = 0;

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

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

$success = $gzip->UncompressFile('qa_data/gzip/something.csv.gz','qa_output/something.csv');
if ($success != 1) {
    print $gzip->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'File successfully uncompressed and extracted from the Gzip compressed format.' . "\n";

?>