php fgetc function
fgetc
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
fgetc - Get characters 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 value
Returns a string containing a single character read from the file and processed by. Returns FALSE for EOF analysis.
Warning
This function may return a boolean error, and may also return a non-boolean value that evaluates to false, such as 0 or " ". Please read the Boolean section carefully for more information. Use the === operator to test the return value of this function.
Example
Example #1 Example of fgetc()
$fp = fopen('somefile.txt', 'r');
if (!$fp) {
echo 'Could not open file somefile.txt';
}
while (false !== ($char = fgetc($fp))) {
echo "$charn";
}
?>