Adds additional metadata to the query.

Often, a query may need to provide additional contextual data to alter hooks. Alter hooks may then use that information to decide if and how to take action.

Parameters

$key: The unique identifier for this piece of metadata. Must be a string that follows the same rules as any other PHP identifier.

$object: The additional data to add to the query. May be any valid PHP variable.

Return value

QueryAlterableInterface The called object.

Overrides QueryAlterableInterface::addMetaData

File

includes/database/select.inc, line 603

Class

SelectQueryExtender

The base extender class for Select queries.

Code

public function addMetaData($key, $object) {
    $this->query
        ->addMetaData($key, $object);
    return $this;
}

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