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bzread

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.3, PHP 5)

bzread -- Binary safe bzip2 file read

Description

string bzread ( resource bz [, int length] )

bzread() reads from the given bzip2 file pointer.

Reading stops when length (uncompressed) bytes have been read or EOF is reached, whichever comes first.

Parameters

bz: The file pointer. It must be valid and must point to a file successfully opened by bzopen().
length: If not specified, bzread() will read 1024 (uncompressed) bytes at a time.

Return Values

Returns the uncompressed data, or FALSE on error.

Examples

Example 1. bzread() example
<?php $file = "/tmp/foo.bz2"; $bz = bzopen($file, "r") or die("Couldn't open $file"); $decompressed_file = ''; while (!feof($bz)) { $decompressed_file .= bzread($bz, 4096); } bzclose($bz); echo "The contents of $file are: <br />\n"; echo $decompressed_file; ?>

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bzread

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