require_once '/PackageFile.php';
array& PEAR_PackageFile::fromPackageFile (string $descfile, int $state, string|false [$archive = FALSE])
array& PEAR_PackageFile::fromPackageFile
parse and return a package.xml object from a package.xml file, or a PEAR_Error object upon error.
name of package.xml file
package state (one of PEAR_VALIDATE_* constants)
full path to the full package .tgz file containing the package.xml, or false for none.
returns array with package information
throws no exceptions thrown
This function should be called statically.