php man page for id3_get_tag

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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