Bzip2 Functions

bzwrite

Binary safe bzip2 file write

Description

int bzwrite ( resource $bz , string $data [, int $length ] )

bzwrite writes a string into the given bzip2 file stream.

Parameters

bz: The file pointer. It must be valid and must point to a file successfully opened by bzopen.
data: The written data.
length: If supplied, writing will stop after length (uncompressed) bytes have been written or the end of data is reached, whichever comes first.

Return Values

Returns the number of bytes written, or FALSE on error.

Examples

Example #1 bzwrite example


<?php
$str = "uncompressed data";
$bz = bzopen("/tmp/foo.bz2", "w");
bzwrite($bz, $str, strlen($str));
bzclose($bz);
?>

See Also

bzread
bzopen