SplFileObject::fgetc

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)

Gets character from file

public string SplFileObject::fgetc ( void )

Gets a character from the file.

Returns:

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:

SplFileObject::fgetc() example

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