PharFileInfo::getMetadata

(PHP >= 5.3.0, PECL phar >= 1.0.0)

Returns file-specific meta-data saved with a file

public mixed PharFileInfo::getMetadata ( void )

Return meta-data that was saved in the Phar archive's manifest for this file.

Returns:

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:

A PharFileInfo::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.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"
}