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FGETC(3) 1 FGETC(3) fgetc - Gets character from file pointer SYNOPSIS
string fgetc (resource $handle) DESCRIPTION
Gets a character from the given file pointer. PARAMETERS
o $handle -The file pointer must be valid, and must point to a file successfully opened by fopen(3) or fsockopen(3) (and not yet closed by fclose(3)). RETURN VALUES
Returns a string containing a single character read from the file pointed to by $handle. Returns FALSE on EOF. Warning This function may return Boolean FALSE, but may also return a non-Boolean value which evaluates to FALSE. Please read the section on Booleans for more information. Use the === operator for testing the return value of this function. EXAMPLES
Example #1 A fgetc(3) example <?php $fp = fopen('somefile.txt', 'r'); if (!$fp) { echo 'Could not open file somefile.txt'; } while (false !== ($char = fgetc($fp))) { echo "$char "; } ?> NOTES
Note This function is binary-safe. SEE ALSO
fread(3), fopen(3), popen(3), fsockopen(3), fgets(3). PHP Documentation Group FGETC(3)