zlib problem

Hi, Will there be a gzdecode() function in the future? I really need it, and the function provided by Aaron G. on http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/function.gzencode.php#44470 doesn't always seem to work ("data error" warning on a newly gzipped file). I tried to go through the ext/zlib code, trying to figure out how everything works, so I could create a function in php based on readgzfile (for strings), but I just don't get how the wrapper works. I also tried making my own wrapper, like this: readgzfile("str://andsomegzippeddatahere"); But the gz-functions don't accept user-space wrappers. So, my questions are: - is it possible to make the zlib functions use my wrapper anyway? - will there be a gzdecode() in the future? - how could i mimic the behavior of readgzfile() to work with strings (in php-code)? Thanks, Ron