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Phar::getMetaData

(PECL phar:1.0.0-1.2.1)

Phar::getMetaDataReturns phar archive meta-data

Description

int Phar::getMetaData ( void )

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() 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


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