php man page for fgetc

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).

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