php-doc-en/reference/phar/PharData/setMetadata.xml
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<refentry xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="phardata.setmetadata">
<refnamediv>
<refname>Phar::setMetadata</refname>
<refpurpose>Sets phar archive meta-data</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<modifier>public</modifier> <type>void</type><methodname>Phar::setMetadata</methodname>
<methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>metadata</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
&phar.write;
<para>
<function>Phar::setMetadata</function> should be used to store customized data
that describes something about the phar archive as a complete entity.
<function>PharFileInfo::setMetadata</function> should be used for file-specific meta-data.
Meta-data can slow down the performance of loading a phar archive if the data is large.
</para>
<para>
Some possible uses for meta-data include specifying which file within the archive
should be used to bootstrap the archive, or the location of a file manifest
like <link xlink:href="&url.pear;">PEAR</link>'s package.xml file.
However, any useful data that describes the phar archive may be stored.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>metadata</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Any PHP variable containing information to store that describes the phar archive
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
&return.void;
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title>A <function>Phar::setMetadata</function> example</title>
<para>
</para>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// make sure it doesn't exist
@unlink('brandnewphar.phar');
try {
$p = new Phar(dirname(__FILE__) . '/brandnewphar.phar', 0, 'brandnewphar.phar');
$p['file.php'] = '<?php echo "hello"';
$p->setMetadata(array('bootstrap' => 'file.php'));
var_dump($p->getMetadata());
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Could not create and/or modify phar:', $e;
}
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
array(1) {
["bootstrap"]=>
string(8) "file.php"
}
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>Phar::getMetadata</function></member>
<member><function>Phar::delMetadata</function></member>
<member><function>Phar::hasMetadata</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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