How do I use file_get_contents to get a gzip'ed page on a remote web server in php?

Question

I\'m trying to receive a gzip\'ed version of a page through file_get_contents in php 5.2.9

I was able to do it using fopen with the following code:

Answer 1

Have you tried this?

$content = file_get_contents('http://example.com',false,$context);

Answer 2

Try using 'compress.zlib://http://example.com'

Answer taken from here: How can I read GZIP-ed response from Stackoverflow API in PHP?