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fgetc

Read characters from file pointer
Name:fgetc
Category:File system
Programming Language:php
One-line Description:Return characters from the opened file.

Example

Example 1

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>

<span class="token variable">$file</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token function">fopen</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"test.txt"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"r"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">fgetc</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$file</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token function">fclose</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$file</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

The output is similar:

 H

Example 2

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>

<span class="token variable">$file</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token function">fopen</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"test.txt"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"r"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token keyword">While</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token operator">!</span> <span class="token function">feof</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$file</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span>
  <span class="token punctuation">{</span>
  <span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">fgetc</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$file</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
  <span class="token punctuation">}</span>

<span class="token function">fclose</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$file</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

The output is similar:

 Hello, this is a test file.
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