snappy_compress

Note

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This function compress the given string using the Snappy data format

function snappy_compress(
  string $data,
): mixed;

For details on the Snappy compression algorithm go to http://code.google.com/p/snappy/.

Parameters

• string $data - The data to compress

Returns

• string - - The compressed string or FALSE if an error occurred.