PEAR_PackageUpdate::getLatestRelease
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PEAR_PackageUpdate::getLatestRelease

PEAR_PackageUpdate::getLatestRelease – Loads the latest package information from the channel server.

Synopsis

require_once 'PEAR/PackageUpdate.php';

mixed PEAR_PackageUpdate::getLatestRelease ( )

Description

Loads the informations from the channel server.

string license: The license the latest package version is released under.

string summary: A short description about the package.

string description: A long description about the package.

string releasedate: The date of the latest release available from the channel server.

string releasenotes: Description about changes on the package from previous release.

string state: The state of the package release installed (snapshot|devel|alpha|beta|stable).

array deps: The list of dependencies for this release of the package.

string version: The version of the latest release available from the channel server.

Note

since 0.6.0

This function can not be called statically.

Return value

boolean - FALSE if the information was not available.

array - informations about the current installed version of the package (license, summary, description, releasedate, releasenotes, state, deps, version).

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