Snappy Extension for PHP
This extension allows Snappy.
Documentation for Snappy can be found at » http://google.github.io/snappy/.
Build from sources
% git clone --recursive --depth=1 https://github.com/kjdev/php-ext-snappy.git
% cd php-ext-snappy
% phpize
% ./configure
% make
% make install
To use the system library
% ./configure --with-snappy-includedir=/usr
Distribution binary packages
Fedora / CentOS / RHEL
RPM packages of this extension are available in » Remi's RPM repository and are named php-snappy.
Configuration
php.ini:
extension=snappy.so
Function : snappy_compress
string snappy_compress( string $data )
parameters
data:
The data to compress.
return values
The compressed string or FALSE if an error occurred.
Function : snappy_uncompress
string snappy_uncompress( string $data )
parameters
name:
The data compressed by snappy_compress().
return values
The original uncompressed data or FALSE on error.
Example
$compressed = snappy_compress('Compress me');
$uncompressed = snappy_uncompress($compressed);
echo $uncompressed;
Ubuntu Tipps
snappy requires C++ and therefore might require for you to install the g++ or build-essential package.
If you get an error about "this file requires compiler and library support" you might need to enfore the compilation with
$ export CXXFLAGS=-std=c++11
$ phpize
$ ./configure
$ make