#static string http\Encoding\Stream\Deflate::encode(string $data[, int $flags = 0])

Encode data with deflate/zlib/gzip encoding.

Params:#

• string $data#
  The data to compress.
• Optional int $flags# = 0
  Any compression tuning flags. See http\Encoding\Stream\Deflate and http\Encoding\Stream constants.

Returns:#

• string, the compressed data.

Warnings:#

• If $data cannot be encoded.