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Phar::getMetadata

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL phar >= 1.0.0)

Phar::getMetadataReturns phar archive meta-data


Description

public Phar::getMetadata ( ) : mixed

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"
}

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