php man page for bzwrite

BZWRITE(3)								 1								BZWRITE(3)

bzwrite - Binary safe bzip2 file write

SYNOPSIS
       int bzwrite (resource  $bz, string  $data, [int	$length])

DESCRIPTION
       bzwrite(3) writes a string into the given bzip2 file stream.

PARAMETERS
	      o $bz
		- The file pointer. It must be valid and must point to a file successfully opened by bzopen(3).

	      o $data
		- The written data.

	      o $length
		-  If  supplied,  writing will stop after $length (uncompressed) bytes have been written or the end of $data is reached, whichever
		comes first.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns the number of bytes written, or FALSE on error.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      bzwrite(3) example

	      <?php
	      $str = "uncompressed data";
	      $bz = bzopen("/tmp/foo.bz2", "w");
	      bzwrite($bz, $str, strlen($str));
	      bzclose($bz);
	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       bzread(3), bzopen(3).

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