.TH ELF32_GETPHDR 3 2024-08-14 "Libelf" "Libelf Programmer's Manual"

.SH NAME
elf32_getphdr, elf64_getphdr \- retrieve the program header table for a
32-bit or 64-bit ELF object file

.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <libelf.h>

.BI "Elf32_Phdr *elf32_getphdr(Elf *" elf ");"
.BI "Elf64_Phdr *elf64_getphdr(Elf *" elf ");"

.SH DESCRIPTION
Retrieve the program header table for the given ELF descriptor
.IR elf .
The number of elements in the program header table can be retrieved with
.B elf32_getphdrnum
and
.BR elf64_getphdrnum .
.B elf32_newphdr
and
.B elf64_newphdr
change the size of the program header table or to delete it.
If changing an element of the program header table, you must
call elf_flagphdr with
.B ELF_C_SET
and
.B ELF_F_DIRTY
in order to write the new data to disk.

.SH PARAMETERS
.TP
.I elf
ELF descriptor from which to retrieve the program header table.

.SH RETURN VALUE
On success, return a pointer to the program header table. Return NULL if
there is no program header.  On failure, return NULL and set a libelf
error code.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR elf32_newphdr (3),
.BR elf_errno (3),
.BR elf_getphdrnum (3),
.BR libelf (3),
.BR elf (5)

.SH ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
.BR attributes (7).
.TS
allbox;
lbx lb lb
l l l.
Interface	Attribute	Value
T{
.na
.nh
.BR elf32_getphdr (),
.BR elf64_getphdr ()
T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
.TE

.SH REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <elfutils-devel@sourceware.org> or https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/.