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I have some text data I would like to store in a mysql database. I currently have the data stored in a variable as a string.
I’m concerned that the table will become quite large due to the amount of text data I have for each row.
Therefore, what is the most easiest way (preferably php built in functions) of compacting this string data in a format ideal for storage and retrieval?
You could GZIP the string with GZEncode.
That’s pretty standard and thus should be reversible from other languages if you want to.
I would advise storing a Base64 version of the result.