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<h1 class="refname">fgetc</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">fgetc</span> — <span class="dc-title">Gets character from file pointer</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.fgetc-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>fgetc</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$handle</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Gets a character from the given file pointer.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.fgetc-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">handle</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">The file pointer must be valid, and must point to
a file successfully opened by <span class="function"><a href="function.fopen.html" class="function">fopen()</a></span> or
<span class="function"><a href="function.fsockopen.html" class="function">fsockopen()</a></span> (and not yet closed by
<span class="function"><a href="function.fclose.html" class="function">fclose()</a></span>).</p>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.fgetc-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns a string containing a single character read from the file pointed
to by <em><code class="parameter">handle</code></em>. Returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on EOF.
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<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">This function may
return Boolean <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong>, but may also return a non-Boolean value which
evaluates to <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong>. Please read the section on <a href="language.types.boolean.html" class="link">Booleans</a> for more
information. Use <a href="language.operators.comparison.html" class="link">the ===
operator</a> for testing the return value of this
function.</p></div>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.fgetc-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-2360">
<p><strong>Example #1 A <span class="function"><strong>fgetc()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$fp </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fopen</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'somefile.txt'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'r'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fp</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Could not open file somefile.txt'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br />while (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">false </span><span style="color: #007700">!== (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$char </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">fgetc</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fp</span><span style="color: #007700">))) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$char</span><span style="color: #DD0000">\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.fgetc-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <span class="simpara">This function is
binary-safe.</span></p></blockquote>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.fgetc-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.fread.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fread()</a> - Binary-safe file read</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.fopen.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fopen()</a> - Opens file or URL</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.popen.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">popen()</a> - Opens process file pointer</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.fsockopen.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fsockopen()</a> - Open Internet or Unix domain socket connection</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.fgets.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">fgets()</a> - Gets line from file pointer</span></li>
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