SplFileObject::fgetc

Gets character from file

Description

public string SplFileObject::fgetc ( void )

Gets a character from the file.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns a string containing a single character read from the file or FALSE on EOF.

Warning

This 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 SplFileObject::fgetc example

<?php
$file 
= new SplFileObject('file.txt');
while (
false !== ($char $file->fgetc())) {
    echo 
"$char\n";
}
?>

See Also

  • SplFileObject::fgets