bzread
    (PHP 4 >= 4.3.3, PHP 5)
bzread -- Binary safe bzip2 file read
Description
string 
bzread ( resource bz [, int length] )
   bzread() reads from the given bzip2 file pointer.
  
   Reading stops when length (uncompressed) bytes have
   been read or EOF is reached, whichever comes first.  
  
Parameters
   
- bz
 
       The file pointer. It must be valid and must point to a file 
       successfully opened by bzopen().
      
- length
 
       If not specified, bzread() will read 1024 
       (uncompressed) bytes at a time.
      
 
  Return Values
   Returns the uncompressed data, or FALSE on error.
  
Examples
   
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;
  ?>
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