fgetc
Gets character from file pointer
Description
stringfalse fgetc(resource $stream)
Parameters
-
stream
-
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 stream. Returns false on EOF.
WarningThis 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 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.
See Also
- fread
- fopen
- popen
- fsockopen
- fgets