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(PHP 4, PHP 5)
fgetc — Gets character from file pointer
Description
string fgetc
( resource $handle
)
Gets a character from the given file pointer.
Parameters
- handle
-
The file pointer must be valid, and must point to a file successfully opened by fopen() or fsockopen() (and not yet closed by fclose()).
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, such as 0 or "". 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() example
<?php
$fp = fopen('somefile.txt', 'r');
if (!$fp) {
echo 'Could not open file somefile.txt';
}
while (false !== ($char = fgetc($fp))) {
echo "$char\n";
}
?>
Notes
Note: This function is binary-safe.
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