Title: Requests::decompress
Published: August 16, 2016
Last modified: November 2, 2022

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# Requests::decompress( string $data ): string

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests/decompress/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests/decompress/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests/decompress/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests/decompress/?output_format=md#source)

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Decompress an encoded body

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests/decompress/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Implements gzip, compress and deflate. Guesses which it is by attempting to decode.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests/decompress/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$data`stringrequired

Compressed data in one of the above formats

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests/decompress/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 string Decompressed string

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests/decompress/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

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