PHP Fgetc () Function

The file being scanned is used as a parameter to the fgetc() function and returns a string containing one character from the file, which is used as a parameter.Syntax:

 fgetc ($file)

Parameters:The fgetc() function in PHP takes only one parameter, $file. It specifies the file from which to extract the symbol.Return value:returns a string containing one character from the file, which is used as a parameter.Errors and Exceptions :

This function is not optimized for large files as it reads one character at a time and a long file can take a long time to fully read.

The buffer must be cleared if fgetc() is used multiple times.

The fgetc() function returns a Boolean False, but it often happens that it returns a non-boolean value that evaluates to False.

The programs below illustrate the fgetc() function.Program 1 : In the program below, a file named gfg.txt contains the following text. This is the first line.
This is the second line.
This is the third line.
// the file is opened using the fopen() function $my_file = fopen ( "gfg.txt" , "rw" );
// Prints one character from
// pointer to open file echo fgetc ( $my_file );
// file is closed with fclose() fclose ( $my_file );
?> Output:

T

Program 2 : In the program below, the file named gfg.txt contains the following text. This is the first line.
This is the second line.
This is the third line.
// the file is opened using the fopen() function $my_file = fopen ( " gfg.txt " , " rw " );
// prints one character at a time // until end of file is reached while ( ! feof ( $my_file )) { echo fgetc ( $my_file ); }
// the file is closed using the fclose() function fclose ( $my_file ); ?> Output:

This is the first line. This is the second line. This is the third line.

Link:
http://php.net/ manual / en / function.fgetc.php