<?php require_once "/Path/to/Prods/src/Prods.inc.php"; // make an iRODS account object for connection, assuming: // username: demouser, password: demopass, server: srbbrick15.sdsc.edu, port: 1247 $account = new RODSAccount("srbbrick15.sdsc.edu", 1247, "demouser", "demopass"); //create an file object for read, assuming the path is "/tempZone/home/demouser/test_read.txt" $myfile = new ProdsFile($account, "/tempZone/home/demouser/test_read.txt"); //create an metadata entry and associate it with the file $meta = new RODSMeta("myname", "myvalue"); $myfile->addMeta($meta); //get all metadata of the file, and print them //the output should look like "Name: Myname | Value: myvalue" $metadatas = $myfile->getMeta(); foreach ($metadatas as $meta) { echo 'Name: ' . $meta->name . " | " . $meta->value . "\n"; }