Не совсем ответ, но сравнение различных методов, предложенных здесь.
Использовал ответы @Gumbo и @deceze, чтобы получить сравнение длины довольно длинной строки, которую я использую в GET.
<?php
$test_str="33036,33037,33038,38780,38772,37671,36531,38360,39173,38676,37888,36828,39176,39196,37321,36840,38519,37946,36543,39287,38989,38976,36804,38880,38922,38292,38507,38893,38993,39035,37880,38897,38378,36880,38492,38910,36868,38196,38750,37938,39268,38209,36856,36767,37936,36805,39248,36777,39027,39056,38987,38779,38919,38771,36851,38675,37887,38246,38791,38783,38661,37899,36846,36834,39263,37928,36822,37947,38992,38516,39177,38904,38896,37320,39217,37879,38293,38511,38774,37670,38185,37927,37939,38286,38298,38977,37891,38881,38197,38457,36962,39171,36760,36748,39249,39231,39191,36951,36963,36755,38769,38891,38654,38792,36863,36875,36956,36968,38978,38299,36743,36753,37896,38926,39270,38372,37948,39250,38763,38190,38678,36761,37925,36776,36844,37323,38781,38744,38321,38202,38793,38510,38288,36816,38384,37906,38184,38192,38745,39218,38673,39178,39198,39036,38504,36754,39180,37919,38768,38195,36850,38203,38672,38882,38071,39189,36795,36783,38870,38764,39028,36762,36750,38980,36958,37924,38884,37920,38877,36858,38493,36742,37895,36835,37907,36823,38762,38361,37937,38373,37949,36950,39202,38495,38291,36533,39037,36716,38925,37620,38906,37878,37322,38754,36818,39029,39264,38297,38517,36969,38905,36957,36789,36741,37908,38302,38775,39216,36812,38767,36845,36849,39181,39168,38671,39188,38490,36961,39201,36717,38382,38070,37868,38984,36770,38981,38494,36807,38885,36759,36857,38924,39038,38888,38876,36879,37897,36534,36764,37931,38254,39030,38990,37909,38982,38290,36848,37857,37923,38249,38658,38383,36813,36765,36817,37263,36769,37869,38183,36861,38206,39031,36800,36788,36972,38508,38303,39051,38491,38983,38759,36740,37958,36967,37930,39174,39182,36806,36867,36855,39222,37862,36752,38242,37965,38894,38182,37922,37918,36814,36872,38886,36860,36527,38194,38975,36718,39224,37436,39032";
echo(strlen($test_str)); echo("<br>");
echo(strlen(base64_encode(gzcompress($test_str,9)))); echo("<br>");
echo(strlen(bin2hex(gzcompress($test_str, 9)))); echo("<br>");
echo(strlen(urlencode(gzcompress($test_str, 9)))); echo("<br>");
echo(strlen(rtrim(strtr(base64_encode(gzdeflate($test_str, 9)), '+/', '-_'), '=')));
?>
Вот результаты:
1799 (original length string)
928 (51.58% compression)
1388
1712
918 (51.028% compression)
Результаты сопоставимы для base64_encode с gzcompress И base64_encode с gzdeflate (и некоторыми переводами строк) gzdeflate , кажется, дает немного лучшую эффективность