string fgetc ( resource $handle )

<?php
   file = fopen("/PhpProject/sample.txt", "r");
   echo fgetc(file);
   fclose($file);
?>

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<?php
   file = fopen("/PhpProject/sample.txt", "r");
   while(! feof(file)) {
      echo fgetc(file);
   }
   fclose(file);
?>

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