gzgetc

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

gzgetc -- Get character from gz-file pointer

Description

string gzgetc ( resource zp )

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

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

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

Example 1. gzgetc() example

<?php

										$gz = gzopen('somefile.gz', 'r');

										while (!gzeof($gz)) {

										  echo gzgetc($gz);

										}
gzclose($gz);
?>