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zlib_decompress_from_base64_string()

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Decodes the input string from base64 and performs zlib decompression.

Note

The only supported windows size is 15.

Syntax

zlib_decompress_from_base64_string('input_string')

Arguments

input_string: Input string that was compressed with zlib and then base64-encoded. The function accepts one string argument.

Returns

  • Returns a string that represents the original string.
  • Returns an empty result if decompression or decoding failed.
    • For example, invalid zlib-compressed and base 64-encoded strings will return an empty output.

Examples

print zcomp = zlib_decompress_from_base64_string("eJwLSS0uUSguKcrMS1cwNDIGACxqBQ4=")

Output:

|Test string 123|

Example of invalid input:

print zcomp = zlib_decompress_from_base64_string("x0x0x0")

Output: ||

Next steps

Create a compressed input string with zlib_compress_to_base64_string().