ID3_GET_TAG(3) 1 ID3_GET_TAG(3)
id3_get_tag - Get all information stored in an ID3 tag
SYNOPSIS
array id3_get_tag (string $filename, [int $version = ID3_BEST])
DESCRIPTION
id3_get_tag(3) is used to get all information stored in the id3 tag of the specified file.
PARAMETERS
o $filename
- The path to the MP3 file Instead of a filename you may also pass a valid stream resource
o $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(3) also supports ID3 tags of version 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4. To extract information from these tags, pass one of the con-
stants 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(3) to convert it to a human readable string.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
id3_get_tag(3) 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(3) 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 Gotze
[artist] => Dirty Mac
[title] => Little Big Man
[album] => Demo-Tape
[track] => 5/12
[genre] => (17)Rock
[year] => 2001
)
SEE ALSO
id3_set_tag(3), id3_remove_tag(3), id3_get_version(3).
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