(PHP 4 >= 4.3.3, PHP 5, PECL bz2:1.0)
bzread — Binary safe bzip2 file read
bzread() reads from the given bzip2 file pointer.
Reading stops when length (uncompressed) bytes have been read or EOF is reached, whichever comes first.
The file pointer. It must be valid and must point to a file successfully opened by bzopen().
If not specified, bzread() will read 1024 (uncompressed) bytes at a time.
Returns the uncompressed data, or FALSE on error.
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;
?>