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<refentry xml:id="phar.getmetadata" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>Phar::getMetadata</refname>
  <refpurpose>Returns phar archive meta-data</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis role="Phar">
   <modifier>public</modifier> <type>mixed</type><methodname>Phar::getMetadata</methodname>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>array</type><parameter>unserializeOptions</parameter><initializer>[]</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>

  <para>
   Retrieve archive meta-data.  Meta-data can be any PHP variable that can be serialized.
  </para>

 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   No parameters.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   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.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <informaltable>
   <tgroup cols="2">
    <thead>
     <row>
      <entry>&Version;</entry>
      <entry>&Description;</entry>
     </row>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
     <row>
      <entry>8.0.0</entry>
      <entry>
       The parameter <parameter>unserializeOptions</parameter> has been added.
      </entry>
     </row>
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>A <function>Phar::getMetadata</function> example</title>
    <para>
    </para>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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;
}
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
array(1) {
  ["bootstrap"]=>
  string(8) "file.php"
}
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>Phar::setMetadata</function></member>
    <member><function>Phar::delMetadata</function></member>
    <member><function>Phar::hasMetadata</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>
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