PHAR.GETMETADATA(3)							 1						       PHAR.GETMETADATA(3)

Phar::getMetadata - Returns phar archive meta-data

SYNOPSIS

       public mixed Phar::getMetadata (void  )

DESCRIPTION

	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(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.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(3), Phar.delMetadata(3), Phar.hasMetadata(3).

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