(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL phar >= 1.2.0)
Phar::hasMetadata — Returns whether phar has global meta-data
public Phar::hasMetadata ( ) : bool
Returns whether phar has global meta-data set.
No parameters.
 Returns true if meta-data has been set, and false if not. 
Example #1 A Phar::hasMetadata() example
<?php
try {
    $phar = new Phar('myphar.phar');
    var_dump($phar->hasMetadata());
    $phar->setMetadata(array('thing' => 'hi'));
    var_dump($phar->hasMetadata());
    $phar->delMetadata();
    var_dump($phar->hasMetadata());
} catch (Exception $e) {
    // handle error
}
?> The above example will output:
bool(false) bool(true) bool(false)
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