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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