PHARFILEINFO.GETMETADATA(3)						 1					       PHARFILEINFO.GETMETADATA(3)

PharFileInfo::getMetadata - Returns file-specific meta-data saved with a file

SYNOPSIS

       public mixed PharFileInfo::getMetadata (void  )

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(3) 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(3),  PharFileInfo.hasMetadata(3), PharFileInfo.delMetadata(3), Phar.setMetadata(3), Phar.hasMetadata(3), Phar.get-
       Metadata(3).

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