How to zip POST in php and unpack in C#?

Question

PHP

The data before sending looks something like this

array(2) {
  [5]=>
  array(9) {
    ["2020-09-23 07:04:41.649000"]=>string(11) "T,1"
    ["2020-09-23 07:04:41.652000"]=>string(13) "D,10"
...............................
  }
  [1]=>
  array(99) {
    ["2020-09-23 07:04:29.903000"]=>string(13) "M,0,0"
    ["2020-09-23 07:04:30.153000"]=>string(13) "M,1,0"
...............................

Are there any functions that compress the whole thing before sending it to save traffic?
And I want to note one nuance - the PHP server part sends, the client C # receives ...
Therefore, the functions for compressing in PHP and decompressing in C #, tell me what can be used?

Answer 1

In fact, any web server can do transparent data compression.
Unless, of course, the client sends a request with the appropriate Accept-encoding and is ready to parse the compressed response.

Answer 2

Create an archive with a json (for example) file inside with data, send the file to the client.
An example of working with zip: https://www.php.net/manual/ru/zip.examples.php
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Or you can compress just a string: https://www.php.net/manual/ru/function.gzencode.php