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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>
    <para>
     The file pointer must be valid, and must point to a file
     successfully opened by <function>fopen</function>,
     <function>popen</function>, or <function>fsockopen</function>.
    </para>
    <para>
     <note>
      <para>
       This function is binary safe.
      </para>
     </note>
    </para>
    <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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