Plugin developers usually want to use the magic set method ($entity->name = 'value').
Use this method if you want to explicitly set the owner or access of the metadata.
You cannot set the owner/access before the entity has been saved.
| public setMetadata ( string $name, mixed $value, string $value_type = '', boolean $multiple = false, integer $owner_guid, integer $access_id = null ) : boolean | ||
| $name | string | Name of the metadata |
| $value | mixed | Value of the metadata (doesn't support assoc arrays) |
| $value_type | string | 'text', 'integer', or '' for automatic detection |
| $multiple | boolean | Allow multiple values for a single name. Does not support associative arrays. |
| $owner_guid | integer | GUID of entity that owns the metadata. Default is owner of entity. |
| $access_id | integer | Who can read the metadata relative to the owner (deprecated). Default is the access level of the entity. Use ACCESS_PUBLIC for compatibility with Elgg 3.0 |
| return | boolean | |
/**
* Utility function used by import_extender_plugin_hook() to process
* an ODDMetaData and add it to an entity. This function does not
* hit ->save() on the entity (this lets you construct in memory)
*
* @param \ElggEntity $entity The entity to add the data to.
* @param ODDMetaData $element The OpenDD element
*
* @return bool
* @access private
* @deprecated 1.9
*/
function oddmetadata_to_elggextender(\ElggEntity $entity, ODDMetaData $element)
{
// Get the type of extender (metadata, type, attribute etc)
$type = $element->getAttribute('type');
$attr_name = $element->getAttribute('name');
$attr_val = $element->getBody();
switch ($type) {
// Ignore volatile items
case 'volatile':
break;
case 'annotation':
$entity->annotate($attr_name, $attr_val);
break;
case 'metadata':
$entity->setMetadata($attr_name, $attr_val, "", true);
break;
default:
// Anything else assume attribute
$entity->set($attr_name, $attr_val);
}
// Set time if appropriate
$attr_time = $element->getAttribute('published');
if ($attr_time) {
$entity->set('time_updated', $attr_time);
}
return true;
}