deflate_init

FunctionParams changed in PHP 8.3

Initialize an incremental deflate context.

PHP 5
PHP 7.0
Added
PHP 7.1-7.4
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2-8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

deflate_init Function synopsis

deflate_init(int $encoding, object|array $options = []): DeflateContext|false

Parameters

$encoding

Typeint

One of the ZLIB_ENCODING_* constants.

$options

OptionalTypeobject|arrayDefault value[]

An associative array which may contain the following elements:

Return value

TypeDeflateContext|false

Returns a deflate context resource (zlib.deflate) on success, or false on failure.

Changes to the deflate_init Function

PHP 8.3

  • Parameter type changed for parameter #2 ($options): array to object|array
- deflate_init(int $encoding, array $options = []): DeflateContext|false
+ deflate_init(int $encoding, object|array $options = []): DeflateContext|false

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: DeflateContext|false
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($encoding): int
  • Parameter name of parameter #2 changed: $level to $options
  • Parameter type added for parameter #2 ($options): array
  • Parameter default value added for position #2 ($options): []
- deflate_init($encoding, $level)
+ deflate_init(int $encoding, array $options = []): DeflateContext|false

PHP 7.0

  • Function added

deflate_init Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.4Supported Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported No
PHP 5.5Unsupported No
PHP 5.4Unsupported No
PHP 5.3Unsupported No