Php/docs/function.bzdecompress

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bzdecompress

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

bzdecompressDecompresses bzip2 encoded data


Description

bzdecompress ( string $data [, bool $use_less_memory = FALSE ] ) : string|int|false

bzdecompress() decompresses the given string containing bzip2 encoded data.


Parameters

data

The string to decompress.

use_less_memory

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.


Return Values

The decompressed string, or FALSE or an error number if an error occurred.


Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 The type of use_less_memory has been changed from

int to bool. Previously, the default value was 0.


Examples

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";?>

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