Metadata can be an array by setting allow_multiple to true, but it is an
indexed array with no control over the indexing.
| public create ( integer $entity_guid, string $name, string $value, string $value_type = '', integer $owner_guid, integer $access_id = ACCESS_PRIVATE, boolean $allow_multiple = false ) : integer | false | ||
| $entity_guid | integer | The entity to attach the metadata to |
| $name | string | Name of the metadata |
| $value | string | Value of the metadata |
| $value_type | string | 'text', 'integer', or '' for automatic detection |
| $owner_guid | integer | GUID of entity that owns the metadata. Default is logged in user. |
| $access_id | integer | Default is ACCESS_PRIVATE |
| $allow_multiple | boolean | Allow multiple values for one key. Default is false |
| return | integer | false | id of metadata or false if failure |
/**
* {@inheritdoc}
*/
public function create($entity_guid, $name, $value, $value_type = '', $owner_guid = 0, $access_id = ACCESS_PRIVATE, $allow_multiple = false)
{
$entity = get_entity((int) $entity_guid);
if (!$entity) {
return false;
}
if (!isset($value)) {
return false;
}
$owner_guid = (int) $owner_guid;
if ($owner_guid == 0) {
$owner_guid = $this->session->getLoggedInUserGuid();
}
$access_id = (int) $access_id;
$this->iterator++;
$id = $this->iterator;
$time = $this->getCurrentTime()->getTimestamp();
$row = (object) ['type' => 'metadata', 'id' => $id, 'entity_guid' => $entity->guid, 'owner_guid' => $owner_guid, 'name' => $name, 'value' => $value, 'time_created' => $this->getCurrentTime()->getTimestamp(), 'access_id' => (int) $access_id, 'value_type' => detect_extender_valuetype($value, $this->db->sanitizeString(trim($value_type)))];
$this->rows[$id] = $row;
$this->addQuerySpecs($row);
return parent::create($entity_guid, $name, $value, $value_type, $owner_guid, $access_id, $allow_multiple);
}
