Re: gzuncompress() Not Working.

They're exactly the same, except of the last 4 bytes. Python calculates them differently than PHP. PHP follows the standards, Python does not :] This would be more concise if PHP included the gzdecode (http://us2.php.net/gzdecode) function. On Nov 7, 2007 12:12 AM, Per Jessen <per@computer.org> wrote: > heavyccasey@gmail.com wrote: > > > The documentation for zlib says that it expects an Adler-32 checksum > > at the end of the file. > > > > PHP follows this [largely outdated] standard. > > Uh, nothing to do with PHP, the code is in zlib. > > > Python, on the other hand, doesn't, and uses a different checksum, > > CRC-32. > > There's something crooked going here. No-one should have to write up > work-arounds for weird incompatibilities in the gzip format. The > problem is - why is Python using an incorrect checksum? And is Python > not using the zlib library? > > http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-zlib.html > > >From this page: > > "There are known incompatibilities between the Python module and > versions of the zlib library earlier than 1.1.3; 1.1.3 has a security > vulnerability, so we recommend using 1.1.4 or later." > > Do you have the right zlib version? Mine is 1.2.3. > > If your work-around works, well, fine. Personally I'd dig a little > deeper. I would positively hate having that kind of crud in my > production code. > > > > /Per Jessen, Zürich > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >