PHP
Phar

Phar::getMetadata

Phar::getMetadata

(PHP >= 5.3.0, PECL phar >= 1.0.0)

Phar::getMetadata — Returns phar archive meta-data

Description

public mixed Phar::getMetadata ( void )

Retrieve archive meta-data. Meta-data can be any PHP variable that can be serialized.

Parameters

No parameters.

Return Values

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

Examples

Example #1 A Phar::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.php'] = '<?php echo "hello";';     $p->setMetadata(array('bootstrap' => 'file.php')     var_dump($p->getMetadata() } catch (Exception $e) {     echo 'Could not modify phar:', $e; } ?>

The above example will output:

array(1) { ["bootstrap"]=> string(8) "file.php" }

See Also

  • Phar::setMetadata() - Sets phar archive meta-data

  • Phar::delMetadata() - Deletes the global metadata of the phar

  • Phar::hasMetadata() - Returns whether phar has global meta-data

← Phar::extractTo

Phar::getModified →

© 1997–2017 The PHP Documentation Group

Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License v3.0 or later.

https://secure.php.net/manual/en/phar.getmetadata.php