diff --git a/ext/zlib/tests/gzencode_variation2-win32.phpt b/ext/zlib/tests/gzencode_variation2-win32.phpt
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+--TEST--
+Test gzencode() function : variation - verify header contents with all encoding modes
+--XFAIL--
+Test will fail until bug #47178 resolved; missing gzip headers whne FORCE_DEFLATE specified
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php 
+
+if( substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) != "WIN" ) {
+  die("skip.. only for Windows");
+}
+
+if (!extension_loaded("zlib")) {
+	print "skip - ZLIB extension not loaded"; 
+}	 
+?> 
+--FILE--
+<?php
+/* Prototype  : string gzencode  ( string $data  [, int $level  [, int $encoding_mode  ]] )
+ * Description: Gzip-compress a string 
+ * Source code: ext/zlib/zlib.c
+ * Alias to functions: 
+ */
+
+echo "*** Testing gzencode() : variation ***\n";
+
+$data = "A small string to encode\n";
+
+echo "\n-- Testing with each encoding_mode  --\n";
+var_dump(bin2hex(gzencode(b"$data", -1)));
+var_dump(bin2hex(gzencode(b"$data", -1, FORCE_GZIP)));  
+var_dump(bin2hex(gzencode(b"$data", -1, FORCE_DEFLATE)));
+
+?>
+===DONE===
+--EXPECTF--
+*** Testing gzencode() : variation ***
+
+-- Testing with each encoding_mode  --
+unicode(90) "1f8b080000000000000b735428ce4dccc951282e29cacc4b5728c95748cd4bce4f49e50200d7739de519000000"
+unicode(90) "1f8b080000000000000b735428ce4dccc951282e29cacc4b5728c95748cd4bce4f49e50200d7739de519000000"
+unicode(86) "1f8b080000000000000b789c735428ce4dccc951282e29cacc4b5728c95748cd4bce4f49e50200735808cd"
+===DONE===
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diff --git a/ext/zlib/tests/gzencode_variation2.phpt b/ext/zlib/tests/gzencode_variation2.phpt
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+--TEST--
+Test gzencode() function : variation - verify header contents with all encoding modes
+--XFAIL--
+Test will fail until bug #47178 resolved; missing gzip headers whne FORCE_DEFLATE specified
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php 
+
+if( substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) == "WIN" ) {
+  die("skip.. Do not run on Windows");
+}
+
+if (!extension_loaded("zlib")) {
+	print "skip - ZLIB extension not loaded"; 
+}	 
+?> 
+--FILE--
+<?php
+/* Prototype  : string gzencode  ( string $data  [, int $level  [, int $encoding_mode  ]] )
+ * Description: Gzip-compress a string 
+ * Source code: ext/zlib/zlib.c
+ * Alias to functions: 
+ */
+
+echo "*** Testing gzencode() : variation ***\n";
+
+$data = "A small string to encode\n";
+
+echo "\n-- Testing with each encoding_mode  --\n";
+var_dump(bin2hex(gzencode(b"$data", -1)));
+var_dump(bin2hex(gzencode(b"$data", -1, FORCE_GZIP)));  
+var_dump(bin2hex(gzencode(b"$data", -1, FORCE_DEFLATE)));
+
+?>
+===DONE===
+--EXPECTF--
+*** Testing gzencode() : variation ***
+
+-- Testing with each encoding_mode  --
+unicode(90) "1f8b0800000000000003735428ce4dccc951282e29cacc4b5728c95748cd4bce4f49e50200d7739de519000000"
+unicode(90) "1f8b0800000000000003735428ce4dccc951282e29cacc4b5728c95748cd4bce4f49e50200d7739de519000000"
+unicode(86) "1f8b0800000000000003789c735428ce4dccc951282e29cacc4b5728c95748cd4bce4f49e50200735808cd"
+===DONE===
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