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An EXE (or self executable) file consists of 3 parts,
The Executable code (eg. a compiled C program that can initiate call the php bcompiler)
The Bzip encoded Bytecodes
The bcompiler exe footer
The startpos is the position of in the file at which the Bzip encoded bytecodes start, and can be obtained using ftell($fh),
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