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);
  ?>
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