# rpmdbsearch

(PECL rpminfo >= 0.3.0)

rpmdbsearch — Search RPM packages

### Description

rpmdbsearch ( string `$pattern` [, int `$rpmtag` = RPMTAG_NAME [, int `$rpmmire` = -1 [, bool `$full` = `FALSE` ]]] ) : array

Search packages in the system RPM database.

### Parameters

`pattern`

  Value to search for.

`rpmtag`

  Search criterion, one of RPMTAG_* constant, see the rpminfo constants page.

`rpmmire`

  Pattern type, one of RPMMIRE_* constant, see the rpminfo constants page. When < 0 the criterion must equals the value, and database index is used if possible.

`full`

  If `TRUE` all information headers for the file are retrieved, else only a minimal set.

### Return Values

An array of array of information or NULL on error.

### See Also

- rpmaddtag() - Add tag retrieved in query

### Examples

Example #1 Searching for the package owning a file

`<?php
$info = rpmdbsearch("/usr/bin/php", RPMTAG_INSTFILENAMES);
print_r($info);
?>`

The above example will output:

    Array
    (
        [0] => Array
            (
                [Name] => php-cli
                [Version] => 7.4.4
                [Release] => 1.fc32
                [Summary] => Command-line interface for PHP
                [Arch] => x86_64
            )

    )