Save an item by giving an array of field data or set a specific field to a specific value. Though this function has the capacity to add new items, best practice should direct you to use add() for that instead.
Function Definition
public function save ( $data = null, $value = null, $id = null )
Source File: /pods/classes/Pods.php
Since: 2.0
Parameters
PARAMETER | TYPE | DETAILS |
---|---|---|
$data | (array|string) | Either an associative array of field information or a field name |
$value | (mixed) | (optional) Value of the field, if $data is a field name |
$id | (int) | (optional) ID of the pod item to update |
Returns
(int) The item ID.
Examples
Save Multiple Fields At Once
<?php // Get the book item with an ID of 5 $pod = pods( 'book', 5 ); // Set the author (a user relationship field) // to a user with an ID of 2 $pod->save( 'author', 2 ); // Set a group of fields to specific values $data = array( 'name' => 'New book name', 'author' => 2, 'description' => 'Awesome book, read worthy!' ); // Save the data as set above $pod->save( $data ); // Let's save another book's data.. // Save the same data from above, // but for the book with an ID of 4 $pod->save( $data, null, 4 );