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PHP : Function Reference : Bzip2 Compression Functions : bzopen

bzopen

Opens a bzip2 compressed file (PHP 4 >= 4.3.3, PHP 5, PECL bz2:1.0)
resource bzopen ( string filename, string mode )

bzopen() opens a bzip2 (.bz2) file for reading or writing.

Parameters

filename: The name of the file to open.
mode: Similar to the fopen() function ('r' for read, 'w' for write, etc.).

Return Values

If the open fails, bzopen() returns FALSE, otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly opened file.

Examples

Example 361. bzopen() example

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<?php


$file = "/tmp/foo.bz2";
$bz = bzopen($file, "r") or die("Couldn't open $file for reading");

bzclose($bz);

?>

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