bzopen
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
bzopen — Opens a bzip2 compressed file
Description
bzopen ( string|resource $file , string $mode ) : resource|false
bzopen() opens a bzip2 (.bz2) file for reading or writing.
Parameters
-
file -
The name of the file to open, or an existing stream resource.
-
mode -
The modes
'r'(read), and'w'(write) are supported. Everything else will cause bzopen() to returnfalse.
Return Values
If the open fails, bzopen() returns false, otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly opened file.
Examples
Example #1 bzopen() example
<?php
$file = "/tmp/foo.bz2";
$bz = bzopen($file, "r") or die("Couldn't open $file for reading");
bzclose($bz);
?> See Also
- bzclose() - Close a bzip2 file
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