Question

I have a php script that backup my table in .sql format and I want to save the file in gzip format using PHP. How can I do that.

Answer 1

You can also use a filter. From the manual page:

<?php
$params = array('level' => 6, 'window' => 15, 'memory' => 9);

$original_text = "You SQL queries here...";

$fp = fopen('yourfile.sql.gz', 'w');
stream_filter_append($fp, 'zlib.deflate', STREAM_FILTER_WRITE, $params);
fwrite($fp, $original_text);
fclose($fp);
?>