bzread Binary safe bzip2 file read &reftitle.description; stringfalsebzread resourcebz intlength1024 bzread reads from the given bzip2 file pointer. Reading stops when length (uncompressed) bytes have been read or EOF is reached, whichever comes first. &reftitle.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. A maximum of 8192 uncompressed bytes will be read at a time. &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns the uncompressed data, or &false; on error. &reftitle.examples; \n"; echo $decompressed_file; ?> ]]> &reftitle.seealso; bzwrite feof bzopen