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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