PHP Manual: Basic usage

Basic usage

This example will open an RPM file and read the name, version, and release from the RPM file, echo the results, and close the RPM file.

Example #1 Basic RPMReader Example


<?php

$filename = "/path/to/file.rpm";

// open file
$rpmr = rpm_open($filename);

// get "Name" tag
$name = rpm_get_tag($rpmr, RPMREADER_NAME);

// get "Version" tag
$ver = rpm_get_tag($rpmr, RPMREADER_VERSION);

// get "Release" tag
$rel = rpm_get_tag($rpmr, RPMREADER_RELEASE);

echo "$name-$ver-$rel<br>\n";

// close file
rpm_close($rpmr);

?>