diff --git a/php/classes/FilesMgr.php b/php/classes/FilesMgr.php
index 624b5a6..1f1d756 100644
--- a/php/classes/FilesMgr.php
+++ b/php/classes/FilesMgr.php
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class FilesMgr extends AmdaObjectMgr
 	{
 		exec('ncvarinfo '.$this->fileName.' '.$this->param2dd($varId), $results);
 		$tempArr = explode(' ', $results[0]); 
-	// data type
+		// data type
 		switch ($tempArr[0]) {
 			case "5": $data_type = 'FLOAT';
 						break;
@@ -241,7 +241,15 @@ class FilesMgr extends AmdaObjectMgr
 				$size = 1;		  
 		}  
 		
-		return array('type' => $data_type, 'size' => $size, 'n_records' => $n_recs);
+		$units =  exec('ncvar_attr '.$this->fileName.' '.$this->param2dd($varId).' UNITS');  
+		if (substr($units, 0,5) == 'error') $units = '';
+		
+		$fillval =  exec('ncvar_attr '.$this->fileName.' '.$this->param2dd($varId).' _Fillvalue'); // _Fillvalue
+		if (substr($fillval, 0,5) == 'error') $fillval =  exec('ncvar_attr '.$this->fileName.' '.$this->param2dd($varId).' Fillvalue');
+		if (substr($fillval, 0,5) == 'error') $fillval =  exec('ncvar_attr '.$this->fileName.' '.$this->param2dd($varId).' Fillval');
+		if (substr($fillval, 0,5) == 'error') $fillval = '';
+		
+		return array('type' => $data_type, 'size' => $size, 'n_records' => $n_recs, 'units' => $units, 'fillvalue' => $fillval);
 	}
 	
 	protected function param2dd($paramID)
diff --git a/php/src/Makefile b/php/src/Makefile
index 80a303e..9d1ac0b 100644
--- a/php/src/Makefile
+++ b/php/src/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CFLAGS = -ggdb -DLINUX -m64 -march=core2 -fPIC -Dlinux -D_REENTRANT -malign-doub
 CC = gcc
 
 EXE = nctimestring2double nctimeinfo getncvars ncvarinfo \
-      ncinfo_remote \
+      ncinfo_remote ncvar_attr \
       cdfinfo cdfvarinfo cdfstartstopfromdata cdfsamplingfromdata cdfvar_attr \
       AddVI
 
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ AddVI: AddVI.c
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o AddVI AddVI.c ${INC} ${LIB} -lDDClientLibC
 	
 ncinfo_remote: ncinfo_remote.c
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o ncinfo_remote ncinfo_remote.c  ${INC} ${LIB} -lnetcdf	
-	
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o ncinfo_remote ncinfo_remote.c  ${INC} ${LIB} -lnetcdf
+
+ncvar_attr: ncvar_attr.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o ncvar_attr ncvar_attr.c  ${INC} ${LIB} -lnetcdf
+
 nctimestring2double: nctimestring2double.c
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o nctimestring2double nctimestring2double.c ${INC} ${LIB} -lDDClientLibC -lnetcdf
 
diff --git a/php/src/ncvar_attr.c b/php/src/ncvar_attr.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e041a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/php/src/ncvar_attr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * get parameter info from nc file
+ * args : ncfile varId infoId
+ * infoId :
+ * UNITS
+ * FILLVALUE
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <netcdf.h>
+ 
+void check(int stat) 
+{
+	if (stat != NC_NOERR) 
+	{
+		printf("error: %s\n", nc_strerror(stat));
+		exit(1);
+	}
+} 
+ 
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int ncID, varID;
+	size_t i, k;
+//	char varname[NC_MAX_NAME];
+	int stat = 0;
+	nc_type xtype;
+	char name_in[NC_MAX_NAME];
+	float number_attr;
+	int nattsp;
+
+	if (argc <= 3) {
+		printf("Incorrect number of arguments\n"); 
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	
+	check(nc_open(argv[1],NC_WRITE|NC_SHARE,&ncID));
+
+	check(nc_inq_varid(ncID, argv[2], &varID));
+	check(nc_inq_varnatts(ncID, varID, &nattsp));
+	// fprintf(stdout, "%d\n", nattsp);
+	
+	for (i = 0; i < nattsp; i++) {
+		check(nc_inq_attname(ncID, varID, i, name_in));
+		 
+		if (strcasecmp(name_in, argv[3]) == 0) { 
+
+			check(nc_inq_atttype(ncID, varID, name_in, &xtype));
+			
+			if (xtype == NC_CHAR) {
+				size_t attlen = 0;
+				check(nc_inq_attlen(ncID, varID, name_in, &attlen));
+				unsigned char *string_attr = (unsigned char *)malloc(attlen * sizeof(char*));	
+				 
+				check(nc_get_att(ncID, varID, name_in, string_attr));
+				fprintf(stdout, "%s\n",  string_attr);	
+				free(string_attr);
+			}
+			else {
+				check(nc_get_att(ncID, varID, name_in, &number_attr));
+				fprintf(stdout, "%e\n",  number_attr);	
+			}
+			
+			exit(0);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	stat = nc_close(ncID);
+	fprintf(stdout, "undefined\n");
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+
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