php-doc-en/reference/phar/functions/pharfileinfo-setmetadata.xml

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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="function.pharfileinfo-setmetadata">
<refnamediv>
<refname>PharFileInfo-&gt;setMetaData</refname>
<refpurpose>Sets file-specific meta-data saved with a file</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>void</type><methodname>PharFileInfo-&gt;setMetaData</methodname>
<methodparam><type>mixed</type><parameter>metadata</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
<function>setMetaData</function> should only be used to store customized data in a file
that cannot be represented with existing information stored with a file.
Meta-data can significantly slow down the performance of loading a phar
archive if the data is large, or if there are many files containing meta-data.
It is important to note that file permissions are natively supported inside a
phar; it is possible to set them with the
<function>PharFileInfo-&gt;chmod</function> method. As with all
functionality that modifies the contents of a phar, the
<link linkend="ini.phar.readonly">phar.readonly</link> INI variable must be
off in order to succeed.
</para>
<para>
Some possible uses for meta-data include passing a user/group that should be set
when a file is extracted from the phar to disk. Other uses could include
explicitly specifying a MIME type to return. However, any useful data that
describes a file, but should not be contained inside of it 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 alongside a file
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title>A <function>PharFileInfo-&gt;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.txt'] = 'hello';
$p['file.txt']->setMetaData(array('user' => 'bill', 'mime-type' => 'text/plain'));
var_dump($p['file.txt']->getMetaData());
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Could not create/modify phar: ', $e;
}
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
array(2) {
["user"]=>
string(4) "bill"
["mime-type"]=>
string(10) "text/plain"
}
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><link linkend="function.pharfileinfo-getmetadata"><function>PharFileInfo-&gt;getMetaData</function></link></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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