fgetc

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Gets character from file pointer.

PHP 5

PHP 7

Improved

PHP 8.1

PHP 8.2-8.3

PHP 8.4

PHP 8.5

PHP 8.6

`fgetc` Function synopsis

fgetc($stream): string|false

Parameters

`$stream`

Return value

Typestring|false

Returns a string containing a single character read from the file pointed to by $stream. Returns false on EOF.

Changes to the `fgetc` Function

PHP 8.0

Return type added: string|false
Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $fp to $stream

- fgetc($fp)
+ fgetc($stream): string|false

`fgetc` Function Availability

PHP Version	Availability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release	Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest)	Yes
PHP 8.4Supported	Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only	Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only	Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported	Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported	Yes