# PharFileInfo->getMetaData

(PECL phar:1.0.0-1.2.1)

PharFileInfo->getMetaData — Returns file-specific meta-data saved with a file

### Description

int PharFileInfo->getMetaData ( void )

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

### Parameters

### Return Values

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

Example#1 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"
    }

### See Also

- PharFileInfo->setMetaData()