I need to be able to decompress through PHP some data that I have in a string which uses the gzip format. I need to do this via PHP, not by calling - through
gzip
gzdecode() is not yet in PHP. But you can use the implementation from upgradephp. It really is just a few extra header bytes.
gzdecode()
Another option would be to use gzopen. Maybe just like gzopen("data:app/bin,....") even.
gzopen("data:app/bin,....")