* HTTP API: WP_Http_Encoding class
* Core class used to implement deflate and gzip transfer encoding support for HTTP requests.
* Includes RFC 1950, RFC 1951, and RFC 1952.
#[AllowDynamicProperties]
* Compress raw string using the deflate format.
* Supports the RFC 1951 standard.
* @param string $raw String to compress.
* @param int $level Optional. Compression level, 9 is highest. Default 9.
* @param string $supports Optional, not used. When implemented it will choose
* the right compression based on what the server supports.
* @return string|false Compressed string on success, false on failure.
public static function compress( $raw, $level = 9, $supports = null ) {
return gzdeflate( $raw, $level );
* Decompression of deflated string.
* Will attempt to decompress using the RFC 1950 standard, and if that fails
* then the RFC 1951 standard deflate will be attempted. Finally, the RFC
* 1952 standard gzip decode will be attempted. If all fail, then the
* original compressed string will be returned.
* @param string $compressed String to decompress.
* @param int $length The optional length of the compressed data.
* @return string|false Decompressed string on success, false on failure.
public static function decompress( $compressed, $length = null ) {
if ( empty( $compressed ) ) {
$decompressed = @gzinflate( $compressed );
if ( false !== $decompressed ) {
$decompressed = self::compatible_gzinflate( $compressed );
if ( false !== $decompressed ) {
$decompressed = @gzuncompress( $compressed );
if ( false !== $decompressed ) {
if ( function_exists( 'gzdecode' ) ) {
$decompressed = @gzdecode( $compressed );
if ( false !== $decompressed ) {
* Decompression of deflated string while staying compatible with the majority of servers.
* Certain Servers will return deflated data with headers which PHP's gzinflate()
* function cannot handle out of the box. The following function has been created from
* various snippets on the gzinflate() PHP documentation.
* Warning: Magic numbers within. Due to the potential different formats that the compressed
* data may be returned in, some "magic offsets" are needed to ensure proper decompression
* takes place. For a simple pragmatic way to determine the magic offset in use, see:
* https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18273
* @link https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18273
* @link https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.gzinflate.php#70875
* @link https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.gzinflate.php#77336
* @param string $gz_data String to decompress.
* @return string|false Decompressed string on success, false on failure.
public static function compatible_gzinflate( $gz_data ) {
// Compressed data might contain a full header, if so strip it for gzinflate().
if ( str_starts_with( $gz_data, "\x1f\x8b\x08" ) ) {
$flg = ord( substr( $gz_data, 3, 1 ) );
list($xlen) = unpack( 'v', substr( $gz_data, $i, 2 ) );
$i = strpos( $gz_data, "\0", $i ) + 1;
$i = strpos( $gz_data, "\0", $i ) + 1;
$decompressed = @gzinflate( substr( $gz_data, $i, -8 ) );
if ( false !== $decompressed ) {
// Compressed data from java.util.zip.Deflater amongst others.
$decompressed = @gzinflate( substr( $gz_data, 2 ) );
if ( false !== $decompressed ) {
* What encoding types to accept and their priority values.
* @return string Types of encoding to accept.
public static function accept_encoding( $url, $args ) {
$compression_enabled = self::is_available();
if ( ! $args['decompress'] ) { // Decompression specifically disabled.
$compression_enabled = false;
} elseif ( $args['stream'] ) { // Disable when streaming to file.
$compression_enabled = false;
} elseif ( isset( $args['limit_response_size'] ) ) { // If only partial content is being requested, we won't be able to decompress it.
$compression_enabled = false;
if ( $compression_enabled ) {
if ( function_exists( 'gzinflate' ) ) {
$type[] = 'deflate;q=1.0';
if ( function_exists( 'gzuncompress' ) ) {
$type[] = 'compress;q=0.5';
if ( function_exists( 'gzdecode' ) ) {
* Filters the allowed encoding types.
* @param string[] $type Array of what encoding types to accept and their priority values.
* @param string $url URL of the HTTP request.
* @param array $args HTTP request arguments.
$type = apply_filters( 'wp_http_accept_encoding', $type, $url, $args );
return implode( ', ', $type );
* What encoding the content used when it was compressed to send in the headers.
* @return string Content-Encoding string to send in the header.
public static function content_encoding() {
* Whether the content be decoded based on the headers.
* @param array|string $headers All of the available headers.
public static function should_decode( $headers ) {
if ( is_array( $headers ) ) {
if ( array_key_exists( 'content-encoding', $headers ) && ! empty( $headers['content-encoding'] ) ) {
} elseif ( is_string( $headers ) ) {
return ( stripos( $headers, 'content-encoding:' ) !== false );
* Whether decompression and compression are supported by the PHP version.
* Each function is tested instead of checking for the zlib extension, to
* ensure that the functions all exist in the PHP version and aren't
public static function is_available() {
return ( function_exists( 'gzuncompress' ) || function_exists( 'gzdeflate' ) || function_exists( 'gzinflate' ) );