is this better compression?

lib/tools/Gzip.class.php

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+
+class Gzip
+{
+  public static function compressFile($source, $level = 1)
+  {
+    $compressedPath  = $source . '.gz';
+    $mode  = 'wb' . $level;
+
+    $fpOut = gzopen($compressedPath, $mode);
+    if (!$fpOut)
+    {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    $fpIn = fopen($source, 'rb');
+    $error = false;
+    if ($fpIn)
+    {
+      while (!feof($fpIn))
+      {
+        gzwrite($fpOut, fread($fpIn, 1024 * 512));
+      }
+      fclose($fpIn);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      $error = true;
+    }
+
+    gzclose($fpOut);
+
+    return $error ? false : $compressedPath;
+  }
+}

view/View.class.php

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class View
     {
       foreach(glob("$dir/*.$ext") as $file)
       {
-        file_put_contents($file.'.gz', gzencode(file_get_contents($file)));
+        Gzip::compressFile($file);
       }
     }
   }