bzdecompress

Decompresses bzip2 encoded data

&reftitle.description; ``string``int``false```bzdecompress` `string` `data` `bool` `use_less_memory`&false;

`bzdecompress` decompresses the given string containing bzip2 encoded data.

&reftitle.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.

&reftitle.returnvalues;

The decompressed string, or &false; or an error number if an error occurred.

&reftitle.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`.

&reftitle.examples;

### 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";
    ?>

&reftitle.seealso;

- `bzcompress`