# bzopen

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

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);
?>`

### See Also

- bzclose()