Decompress GZIP data from PHP - php

Question

I've been trying to decompress GZIP data from web server
Currently Using:
EasyPHP
Code Igniter
PHP
My Problem
I haven't decompressed the data , it is actually a String compression not a file and i've been searching throughout the net and it only gives me file examples.
Some of my outputs: I haven't seen errors but i got this output:
org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity#3e583da8" is this an error on my side? I've been searching this thing and found out that is from java
Here is my PHP method:
$gzdata = gzopen($chunkData,"r");
$uncompressed_file = fopen($chunkData,"w");
while($line = gzgets($gzdata,4096))
{
fwrite($uncompressed_file,$line);
}
log_message('debug','decompressed data '.$var);
fclose($uncompressed_file);
gzclose($gzdata);
return $uncompressed_file;
i was trying to point out is that my method above was the method i used in overcoming in decompressing gzip data from the web and it turns out that it doesn't work do i need to configure something on my php or apache something? or do i need to install gz libraries to make it work? Need your professional advice and suggestions . Thank You
Another code Here: that i'm currently using:
$chunkDecoded = base64_decode($data);
//$decodeToJson = http_chunked_decode($chunkDecoded);
//$zipCode =gzinflate(substr($chunkDecoded,10,-8));
$zipCode = gzdecode($chunkDecoded);
$decoded = json_decode($zipCode);
log_message('debug','gzuncompress '.$decoded);