php man page for bzopen

BZOPEN(3)								 1								 BZOPEN(3)

bzopen - Opens a bzip2 compressed file

SYNOPSIS
       resource bzopen (mixed  $file, string  $mode)

DESCRIPTION
       bzopen(3) opens a bzip2 (.bz2) file for reading or writing.

PARAMETERS
	      o $file
		- The name of the file to open, or an existing stream resource.

	      o $mode
		- The modes 'r' (read), and 'w' (write) are supported. Everything else will cause bzopen(3) to return FALSE.

RETURN VALUES
	If the open fails, bzopen(3) returns FALSE, otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly opened file.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      bzopen(3) example

	      <?php

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

	      bzclose($bz);

	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       bzclose(3).

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