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# ZLIB

## ZLIB

```
object @ZLIB() {
	deflate(string $string): string {}
	deflateRaw(string $string): string {}
	gunzip(string $string): string {}
	gzip(string $string): string {}
	inflate(string $string): string {}
	inflateRaw(string $string): string {}
}
```

**Static ZLIB related functions.**

## Functions


### `@ZLIB.deflate()`


Deflates a string using ZLIB compression according to RFC 1950.

```code
@ZLIB.deflate(string $string): string
```

##### Parameters

| Name | Type | Value | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| string | `string`  |  | "" |

##### Returns

| Type | Value |
| --- | ---  |
| `string` |  |




### `@ZLIB.deflateRaw()`


Deflates a string using DEFLATE compression in raw format according to RFC 1951.

```code
@ZLIB.deflateRaw(string $string): string
```

##### Parameters

| Name | Type | Value | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| string | `string`  |  | "" |

##### Returns

| Type | Value |
| --- | ---  |
| `string` |  |




### `@ZLIB.gunzip()`


Unzips a string using GZIP decompression according to RFC 1952.

```code
@ZLIB.gunzip(string $string): string
```

##### Parameters

| Name | Type | Value | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| string | `string`  |  | "" |

##### Returns

| Type | Value |
| --- | ---  |
| `string` |  |




### `@ZLIB.gzip()`


Zips a string using GZIP compression according to RFC 1952.

```code
@ZLIB.gzip(string $string): string
```

##### Parameters

| Name | Type | Value | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| string | `string`  |  | "" |

##### Returns

| Type | Value |
| --- | ---  |
| `string` |  |




### `@ZLIB.inflate()`


Inflates a string using ZLIB decompression according to RFC 1950.

```code
@ZLIB.inflate(string $string): string
```

##### Parameters

| Name | Type | Value | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| string | `string`  |  | "" |

##### Returns

| Type | Value |
| --- | ---  |
| `string` |  |




### `@ZLIB.inflateRaw()`


Inflates a string using DEFLATE decompression in raw format according to RFC 1951.

```code
@ZLIB.inflateRaw(string $string): string
```

##### Parameters

| Name | Type | Value | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| string | `string`  |  | "" |

##### Returns

| Type | Value |
| --- | ---  |
| `string` |  |