id3_get_tag
(PECL id3 >= 0.1)
id3_get_tag — Get all information stored in an ID3 tag
Description
id3_get_tag() is used to get all information stored in the id3 tag of the specified file.
Parameters
- filename
-
The path to the MP3 file
Instead of a filename you may also pass a valid stream resource
- version
-
Allows you to specify the version of the tag as MP3 files may contain both, version 1.x and version 2.x tags
Since version 0.2 id3_get_tag() also supports ID3 tags of version 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4. To extract information from these tags, pass one of the constants ID3_V2_2, ID3_V2_3 or ID3_V2_4 as the second parameter. ID3 v2.x tags can contain a lot more information about the MP3 file than ID3 v1.x tags.
Return Values
Returns an associative array with various keys like: title, artist, ..
The key genre will contain an integer between 0 and 147. You may use id3_get_genre_name() to convert it to a human readable string.
Examples
Example #1 id3_get_tag() example
<?php
$tag = id3_get_tag( "path/to/example.mp3" );
print_r($tag);
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
Array
(
[title] => DN-38416
[artist] => Re:\Legion
[album] => Reflections
[year] => 2004
[genre] => 19
)
Example #2 id3_get_tag() example
<?php
$tag = id3_get_tag( "path/to/example2.mp3", ID3_V2_3 );
print_r($tag);
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
Array
(
[copyright] => Dirty Mac
[originalArtist] => Dirty Mac
[composer] => Marcus Götze
[artist] => Dirty Mac
[title] => Little Big Man
[album] => Demo-Tape
[track] => 5/12
[genre] => (17)Rock
[year] => 2001
)
See Also
- id3_set_tag() - Update information stored in an ID3 tag
- id3_remove_tag() - Remove an existing ID3 tag
- id3_get_version() - Get version of an ID3 tag