get_meta_tags

Synopsis

Returns

Associative array; FALSE on error

Description

get_meta_tags() parses the meta tag information from a file or URL. Parsing stops when the closing head tag</head>) is encountered.

Tag information is returned as an associative array. The keys of the array correspond to the name attributes of the meta tags, and the values of the array correspond to the content attributes. If the filename_or_url argument contains a relative filename and use_include_path is set to 1, PHP searches the include path for the file.

The function converts all of the key values to lowercase and replaces any period (.), backslash (\), plus+), asterisk (*), question mark?), bracket ([]), caret^), dollar sign ($), space ( ), and parenthesis (()) characters with the underscore_) character.

    <meta name=foo content=bar> <!-- This tag will not be parsed properly -->

    <meta name="foo"
        content="bar"> <!-- This tag will not be parsed properly -->

    <meta name="a" content="1"> <!-- Only the first tag is parsed --> <meta name="b" content="2">

    <meta name="a" foo="bar" content="1">
    <meta name="b"
        content="2">
    <!-- If you parse this example using get_meta_tags(), b ends up containing the value for a -->

Version

PHP 3.0.4+, PHP 4+

Example

<pre>
<?php
$URL = 'http://www.newriders.com/';

// Try to fetch the meta tags for $URL
$meta_tags = @ get_meta_tags($URL)
    or die("Could not fetch meta tags for $URL");

// Show the contents of $meta_tags
print_r($meta_tags);
?>
</pre>