Is the code that produced the compressed data available.
I can think of MANY places where this technique could be of use.
See
http://bugs.php.net/26124, where I have posted links to the threads where we discussed this feature.
Also, as part of the auto-completion system, if only one item exists, then
automatically populate the input field with the one entry.
This was suggested before, and will probbaly be implemented in a future version.
P.S. Where is the newsgroup where I can see replies?
php.mirrors at news.php.net
Goba