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  <refentry id="function.fgetc">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>fgetc</refname>
    <refpurpose>Gets character from file pointer</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
    <methodsynopsis>
     <type>string</type><methodname>fgetc</methodname>
     <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>handle</parameter></methodparam>
    </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     Returns a string containing a single character read from the
     file pointed to by <parameter>handle</parameter>.
     Returns &false; on EOF.
    </para>

    &fs.validfp.all;
    &return.falseproblem;
    
    <para>
     <example>
      <title>A <function>fgetc</function> example</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$fp = fopen('somefile.txt', 'r');
if (!$fp) {
    echo 'Could not open file somefile.txt';
}
while (false !== ($char = fgetc($fp))) {
    echo "$char\n";
}
?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
    
    &note.bin-safe;

    <para> 
     See also <function>fread</function>, <function>fopen</function>,
     <function>popen</function>, <function>fsockopen</function>, and
     <function>fgets</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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