How can I unzip a .gz file with PHP?

Question

I\'m using CodeIgniter and I can\'t figure out how to unzip files!

Answer 1

gzopen is way too much work. This is more intuitive:

$zipped = file_get_contents("foo.gz");
$unzipped = gzdecode($zipped);

works on http pages when the server is spitting out gzipped data also.