PharFileInfo::getMetadata

Returns file-specific meta-data saved with a file

Description

public mixed PharFileInfo::getMetadata ( void )

Return meta-data that was saved in the Phar archive's manifest for this file.

Parameters

Return Values

any PHP variable that can be serialized and is stored as meta-data for the file, or NULL if no meta-data is stored.

Examples

Example #1 A PharFileInfo::getMetadata example

<?php
// make sure it doesn't exist
@unlink('brandnewphar.phar');
try {
    
$p = new Phar(dirname(__FILE__) . '/brandnewphar.phar'0'brandnewphar.phar');
    
$p['file.txt'] = 'hello';
    
$p['file.txt']->setMetadata(array('user' => 'bill''mime-type' => 'text/plain'));
    
var_dump($p['file.txt']->getMetadata());
} catch (
Exception $e) {
    echo 
'Could not create/modify brandnewphar.phar: '$e;
}
?>

The above example will output:

array(2) {
  ["user"]=>
  string(4) "bill"
  ["mime-type"]=>
  string(10) "text/plain"
}

See Also

  • PharFileInfo::setMetadata
  • PharFileInfo::hasMetadata
  • PharFileInfo::delMetadata
  • Phar::setMetadata
  • Phar::hasMetadata
  • Phar::getMetadata