get_file_data() WordPress Function

function get_file_data( $file, $default_headers, $context = '' ) {
	// Pull only the first 8 KB of the file in.
	$file_data = file_get_contents( $file, false, null, 0, 8 * KB_IN_BYTES );

	if ( false === $file_data ) {
		$file_data = '';
	}

	// Make sure we catch CR-only line endings.
	$file_data = str_replace( "\r", "\n", $file_data );

	/**
	 * Filters extra file headers by context.
	 *
	 * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$context`, refers to
	 * the context where extra headers might be loaded.
	 *
	 * @since 2.9.0
	 *
	 * @param array $extra_context_headers Empty array by default.
	 */
	$extra_headers = $context ? apply_filters( "extra_{$context}_headers", array() ) : array();
	if ( $extra_headers ) {
		$extra_headers = array_combine( $extra_headers, $extra_headers ); // Keys equal values.
		$all_headers   = array_merge( $extra_headers, (array) $default_headers );
	} else {
		$all_headers = $default_headers;
	}

	foreach ( $all_headers as $field => $regex ) {
		if ( preg_match( '/^(?:[ \t]*<\?php)?[ \t\/*#@]*' . preg_quote( $regex, '/' ) . ':(.*)$/mi', $file_data, $match ) && $match[1] ) {
			$all_headers[ $field ] = _cleanup_header_comment( $match[1] );
		} else {
			$all_headers[ $field ] = '';
		}
	}

	return $all_headers;
}