gzgetc

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

gzgetcGet character from gz-file pointer

Description

gzgetc(resource $stream): string|false

Returns a string containing a single (uncompressed) character read from the given gz-file pointer.

Parameters

stream

The gz-file pointer. It must be valid, and must point to a file successfully opened by gzopen().

Return Values

The uncompressed character or false on EOF (unlike gzeof()).

Examples

Example #1 gzgetc() example

<?php
$gz 
gzopen('somefile.gz''r');
while (!
gzeof($gz)) {
  echo 
gzgetc($gz);
}
gzclose($gz);
?>

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