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<refentry xml:id="function.gzgetc" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>gzgetc</refname>
  <refpurpose>Get character from gz-file pointer</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type class="union"><type>string</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>gzgetc</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>stream</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Returns a string containing a single (uncompressed) character
   read from the given gz-file pointer.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>stream</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The gz-file pointer. It must be valid, and must point to a file
       successfully opened by <function>gzopen</function>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   The uncompressed character or &false; on <acronym>EOF</acronym> (unlike <function>gzeof</function>).
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>gzgetc</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$gz = gzopen('somefile.gz', 'r');
while (!gzeof($gz)) {
  echo gzgetc($gz);
}
gzclose($gz);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>gzopen</function></member>
    <member><function>gzgets</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>
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