This example opens a temporary file and writes a test string to it, then prints out the contents of the file.
Example #1 Small bzip2 Example
<?php
$filename = "/tmp/testfile.bz2";
$str = "This is a test string.\n";
// open file for writing
$bz = bzopen($filename, "w");
// write string to file
bzwrite($bz, $str);
// close file
bzclose($bz);
// open file for reading
$bz = bzopen($filename, "r");
// read 10 characters
echo bzread($bz, 10);
// output until end of the file (or the next 1024 char) and close it.
echo bzread($bz);
bzclose($bz);
?>