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# bzopen

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.3, PHP 5)

bzopen -- Opens a bzip2 compressed file

## Description

resource bzopen ( string filename, string mode )

bzopen() opens a bzip2 (.bz2) file for reading or writing.

## Parameters

`filename`

  The name of the file to open.

`mode`

  Similar to the fopen() function ('r' for read, 'w' for write, etc.).

## 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()

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