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rpmdefine	rpmexpandnumeric

RpmInfo Functions	Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

rpmexpand

(PECL rpminfo >= 1.2.0)

rpmexpand — Retrieve expanded value of a RPM macro

Description

function rpmexpand(string $text): string

Retrieve expanded value of a RPM macro.

Parameters

text: Text with RPM macros to expand.

Return Values

A string with concatenated macro expansions.

Examples

Example #1 A rpmexpand() example

<?php
$distro = rpmexpand("%{?fedora:Fedora %{fedora}}%{?rhel:Enterprise Linux %{rhel}}");
print_r($distro);
?>

The above example will output:

Fedora 41

See Also

rpmexpandnumeric() - Retrieve numerical value of a RPM macro

rpmdefine	rpmexpandnumeric

RpmInfo Functions	Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026