Title: Get metadata with PHP
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Get metadata with PHP

 *  Resolved [demilio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/demilio/)
 * (@demilio)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-metadata-with-php/)
 * Hi,
 * Can i get the movie metadata with PHP so I can use it in my single.php?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpmovielibrary/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpmovielibrary/)

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 *  [Charlie Merland](https://wordpress.org/support/users/askelon/)
 * (@askelon)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-metadata-with-php/#post-5749904)
 * Hi demilio,
 * Sure you can! movie metadata are regular WP Post Meta:
 *     ```
       $meta = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), "_wpmoly_movie_{$meta_slug}" );
       ```
   
 * Default supported `$meta_slug` values are: `tmdb_id`, `title`, `original_title`,`
   tagline`, `overview`, `release_date`, `local_release_date`, `runtime`, `production_companies`,`
   production_countries`, `spoken_languages`, `genres`, `director`, `producer`, `
   cast`, `photography`, `composer`, `author`, `writer`, `certification`, `budget`,`
   revenue`, `imdb_id`, `adult`, `homepage`, `rating`, `status`, `media`, `language`,`
   subtitle` and `format`.
 * There’s also an internal way to get these data:
 *     ```
       $meta = wpmoly_get_movie_meta( get_the_ID(), $meta_slug, true );
       ```
   
 * Note that this just return the raw, unformatted data; some data can be formatted
   with a `wpmoly_format_movie_{$meta_slug}` filter hook, for instance:
 *     ```
       $director = apply_filters( 'wpmoly_format_movie_director', $director );
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [demilio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/demilio/)
 * (@demilio)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-metadata-with-php/#post-5749912)
 * Thanks!! works like a charm 🙂
 * Here is how i used it, in case someone wants to know:
 *     ```
       <ul class="list-group">
           <li class="list-group-item"><h4>Overview</h4></li>
       <?php if ( wpmoly_get_movie_meta($post->ID, 'overview', true) ) { ?>
           <li class="list-group-item"><?php echo wpmoly_get_movie_meta( get_the_ID(), 'overview', true ); ?></li>
       <?php } ?>
       </ul>
       ```
   
 *  [drgky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chatwolf/)
 * (@chatwolf)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-metadata-with-php/#post-5750072)
 * Can we use this for trailer extension and uploaded images?

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 * [metadata](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/metadata/)
 * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/)

 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [drgky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chatwolf/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-metadata-with-php/#post-5750072)
 * Status: resolved