PharFileInfo::getMetaData
(PHP >= 5.3.0, PECL phar >= 1.0.0)
PharFileInfo::getMetaData — Returns file-specific meta-data saved with a file
Description
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() - Sets file-specific meta-data saved with a file
- PharFileInfo::hasMetadata() - Returns the metadata of the entry
- PharFileInfo::delMetadata() - Deletes the metadata of the entry
- Phar::setMetadata() - Sets phar archive meta-data
- Phar::hasMetadata() - Returns whether phar has global meta-data
- Phar::getMetadata() - Returns phar archive meta-data