Title: Missing PHP Function
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Missing PHP Function

 *  Resolved [Prancer2016](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prancer2016/)
 * (@prancer2016)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-php-function/)
 * I installed BackWPup. When I tried to create a job and check the Archive format:
   Tar BZip2, apop-up told me that it had been disabled becausse I was missing the
   PHP Function. What does this mean and how do i restore it if I ever had it?
 * I’m a newbie. Make it simple, please.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Daniel Hüsken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielhuesken/)
 * (@danielhuesken)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-php-function/#post-7164200)
 * Ask you haster for activate the PHP Bzip extension. Or Decompess the file localy
   with a tool like 7-zip.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-php-function/#post-7164200)
 * Status: resolved