(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5)
bzdecompress — Decompresses bzip2 encoded data
bzdecompress() decompresses the given string containing bzip2 encoded data.
The string to decompress.
If TRUE, an alternative decompression algorithm will be used which uses less memory (the maximum memory requirement drops to around 2300K) but works at roughly half the speed.
See the » bzip2 documentation for more information about this feature.
The decompressed string or number of error in case of error.
Example #1 Decompressing a String
<?php
$start_str = "This is not an honest face?";
$bzstr = bzcompress($start_str);
echo "Compressed String: ";
echo $bzstr;
echo "\n<br />\n";
$str = bzdecompress($bzstr);
echo "Decompressed String: ";
echo $str;
echo "\n<br />\n";
?>