Question

How to read text file character by character with PHP

Answer 1

$f = fopen("e:/numbers.txt", "r") or die("Error open file!");
while(!feof($f)) 
{
   echo fgetc($f);
}
fclose($f);


/*
run:

1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 

*/

 

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Answer 2

$f = fopen("e:/numbers.txt", "r") or die("Error open file!");
$ch;
while(!feof($f)) 
{
    $ch = fgetc($f);
    if ($ch == "\n") // "\n" is the end of line
        echo "<br />";
    else
        echo $ch;
}
fclose($f);


/*
run:

1.0 
2.0 
3.0 
4.0 
5.0 
6.0 
7.0 
8.0 
9.0 
10.0 

*/

 

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