(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)
SplFileObject::fgetc — Gets character from file
Gets a character from the file.
This function has no parameters.
Returns a string containing a single character read from the file or FALSE on EOF.
This function may return Boolean FALSE, but may also return a non-Boolean value which evaluates to FALSE, such as 0 or "". Please read the section on Booleans for more information. Use the === operator for testing the return value of this function.
Example #1 SplFileObject::fgetc example
<?php
$file = new SplFileObject('file.txt');
while (false !== ($char = $file->fgetc())) {
echo "$char\n";
}
?>