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# bzread

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5)

bzread -- Binary safe bzip2 file read

## Description

string bzread ( resource bz [, int length])

bzread() reads up to `length` bytes from the bzip2 file pointer referenced by `bz`. Reading stops when `length` (uncompressed) bytes have been read or EOF is reached, whichever comes first. If the optional parameter `length` is not specified, bzread() will read 1024 (uncompressed) bytes at a time.

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(), feof(), and bzopen().

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