bzread
(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
bzread — Binary safe bzip2 file read
Description
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. A maximum of 8192
uncompressed bytes will be read 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;
?>
See Also
- bzwrite() - Binary safe bzip2 file write
- feof() - Tests for end-of-file on a file pointer
- bzopen() - Opens a bzip2 compressed file
bzopen
Bzip2 Functions