PHParadise | PHP manual for function gzfile

Description

array gzfile ( string filename [, int use_include_path] )

This function is identical to readgzfile(), except that it returns the file in an array.

filename: The file name.
use_include_path: You can set this optional parameter to 1, if you want to search for the file in the include_path too.

An array containing the file, one line per cell.

Example 1. gzfile() example

<?php

										$lines = gzfile('somefile.gz');

										foreach ($lines as $line) {

										    echo $line;

										}
?>