bzwrite

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.3, PHP 5, PECL bz2:1.0)

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()