PHP: SplFileObject::fgetc - Manual (original) (raw)

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

SplFileObject::fgetc — Gets character from file

Description

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns a string containing a single character read from the file or [false](reserved.constants.php#constant.false) on EOF.

Warning

This function may return Boolean [false](reserved.constants.php#constant.false), but may also return a non-Boolean value which evaluates to [false](reserved.constants.php#constant.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"; } ?>