Phar::getMetadata

Returns phar archive meta-data

&reftitle.description; public `mixed` `Phar::getMetadata` `array` `unserializeOptions`[]

Retrieve archive meta-data. Meta-data can be any PHP variable that can be serialized.

&reftitle.parameters;

No parameters.

&reftitle.returnvalues;

Any PHP value that can be serialized and is stored as meta-data for the Phar archive, or &null; if no meta-data is stored.

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&Version; | &Description;
8.0.0 | The parameter `unserializeOptions` has been added.

&reftitle.examples;

### 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;
    }
    ?>

&example.outputs;

    array(1) {
      ["bootstrap"]=>
      string(8) "file.php"
    }

&reftitle.seealso;

- `Phar::setMetadata`
- `Phar::delMetadata`
- `Phar::hasMetadata`