.bz2 Compress Memory to File

Compress in-memory data to a .bz2 file.

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<?php

$bz2 = new COM("Chilkat.Bz2");

//  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
$success = $bz2->UnlockComponent('Anything for 30-day trial.');
if ($success != true) {
    print $bz2->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$fac = new COM('Chilkat.FileAccess');
$dataToCompress = $fac->ReadEntireFile('hamlet.xml');

$success = $bz2->CompressMemToFile($dataToCompress,'hamlet.xml.bz2');
if ($success != true) {
    print $bz2->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'Success!' . "\n";
?>